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TES Global

Tes: Macbeth: Full Scheme & Resources

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A complete unit on Shakespeare's Macbeth.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Fear and the "Dagger of the Mind"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan accompanies a reading of Shakespeare's Macbeth and lets students explore Macbeth's "response to fear" through studying metaphor, imagery, and dramatic cues and by performing a scene.
Primary
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: William Shakespeare

For Students 9th - 10th
Here find links to the full texts of William Shakespeare's plays as well as study guides. (Note: Some of the links may no longer work.)
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Supernatural Elements in Macbeth

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this self-paced lesson, students explore how Shakespeare uses supernatural elements in Macbeth. It begins with an exploration of beliefs about the supernatural and witchcraft in Shakespeare's time as presented in a segment from...
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Folger Shakespeare Library

It's Elementary! Stomping and Romping With Shakespeare

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this elementary school-age instructional activity, children will learn about rhythm and meter through the lines of William Shakespeare. Students will recite and "act out" the song lines from "A Winter's Song" found in Love's Labour's...
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Shakespeare Macbeth

For Students 9th - 10th
Here, read the full text of Shakespeare's play, "Macbeth." The text of this tragedy is organized according to scene.
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BBC

Bbc: Royal Shakespeare Company: Shakespeare Unlocked: Macbeth Teacher Pack [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A teaching unit for Shakespeare's Macbeth including lesson plans, video links, workshops, and more.
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Folger Shakespeare Library

Folger Shakespeare Library: Lesson Plan Archive: The 32 Second Macbeth

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson plan features a hands-on activity for uncovering the major plot points of "Macbeth."
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Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Shakespeare for the Developmental Reader

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Discover how you can open the door of Shakespeare to the developmental reader. This site offers insight into helping students understand Shakespeare's unfamiliar language.
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Teacher's Guide to William Shakespeare's Macbeth [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource provides background, classroom ideas, and discussion questions, as well as a rich bibliography of outside resources.
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Other

Wired for Books: Macbeth Audio

For Students 9th - 10th
Listen to the full text of Shakespeare's famous tragedy. Streaming audio file requires Real Player.
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Other

Shakespeare Resource Center: Shakespeare's Grammar

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a searchable glossary of over 2100 words from Shakespeare's works.
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Universal Teacher

Moore's Teacher Resources: Studying Macbeth

For Students 9th - 10th
A site from the UK on William Shakespeare's Macbeth. Complete with information on the historical context, character analysis, thematic elements, and review questions.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Shakespeare site that includes the texts of all of Shakespeare's plays. Shakespeare's other work is listed, but texts are not available. RL.11-12.10a/b Text Complexity
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Fun Trivia

Fun Trivia: Shakespeare Trivia Quizzes

For Students 9th - 10th
On this site, Shakespearean quizzes and Shakespearean trivia collections are found. There are 29 folders of content associated with Shakepeare plays and facts.
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TES Global

Tes: Shakespeare's Macbeth Image Bank

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of 18th and 19th-century images from the Victoria and Albert Museum which includes three images inspired by Shakespeare's Macbeth. Ideas for their use is also provided.
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TES Global

Tes: Representation of Love in Romeo & Juliet: Resource

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This slide show introduces the assignment to compare Shakespeare's representation of love in Macbeth as compared to Romeo and Juliet. It provides a chart and quotes of love from Romeo and Juliet.
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TES Global

Tes: Macbeth: Witches Gallery

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of photos of the witches from the Royal Shakespeare Company's various production of Shakespeare's Macbeth. They can be useful in comparing interpretations and for sparking discussion.
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TES Global

Tes: Macbeth: Act 2 Scene 2: Interactive Csi Lesson Plan

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is an interactive Macbeth lesson based on investigating quotations to find out if Lady Macbeth should also be charged with Duncan's murder. The video is included on Prezi....
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TES Global

Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: Theme: Macbeth/julius Caesar

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a detailed lesson with activities concerning Macbeth's doubts and uncertainties over killing Duncan. The idea of this resource is to compare Macbeth's doubts about killing Duncan with Brutus'...
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TES Global

Tes: Historical Context of Macbeth

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource provides the historical context of MacBeth including King James I taking the throne, the Globe Theater, the Gunpowder plot, and the witch hunts.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: William Shakespeare: Macbeth

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site features links to lesson plans and other teaching resources for William Shakespeare's "Macbeth."
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Other

Literary Explorer: Macbeth

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Literary Explorer features a language arts unit on William Shakespeare's "Macbeth." Includes teaching and learning strategies for this powerful play.
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BBC

Bbc History: Historical Figures: Macbeth (Ca. 1005 57)

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biography of Mac Bethad mac Findlaich (Macbeth), eleventh-century Scottish king and title character in William Shakespeare's tragedy.