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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Analyzing Advice as an Introduction to Shakespeare

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Contains plans for four lessons that use a "Chicago Tribune" column and other modern sources to teach about the advice that Polonius gives to Laertes in Shakespeare's "Hamlet." In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "Frailty, Thy Name Is Woman"

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "Frailty, Thy Name is Woman" from Hamlet by William Shakespeare, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "To Be or Not to Be" Soliloquy

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "'To Be or Not To Be' Soliloquy" from Hamlet by William Shakespeare, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Tragedies

For Students 9th - 10th
From Hamlet's melancholy to Juliet's eloquence; and from Othello's misunderstanding to Doctor Faustus's damnation, discover the richness of Shakespearean and Renaissance tragedies.
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Gertrude, Hamlet and the Ghost of Hamlet's Father

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Gertrude, Hamlet and the Ghost of Hamlet's Father", created by John Henry Fuseli, c. 1785 (Oil on canvas, 165 x 133 cm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Hamlet and Horatio in the Graveyard

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Hamlet and Horatio in the Graveyard", created by Eugene Delacroix in 1839 (Oil on canvas, 29,5 x 36 cm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Hamlet and Horatio in the Graveyard

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Hamlet and Horatio in the Graveyard", created by Eugene Delacroix in 1843 (Lithograph, 283 x 214 mm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: The Singer Faure as Hamlet

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "The Singer Faure as Hamlet", created by Edouard Manet in 1877 (Oil on canvas, 194 x 131 cm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Hamlet

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Hamlet", created by Mihaly Zichyz (Pencil, tempera on paper, 310 x 360 mm).
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1949

For Students 9th - 10th
This website, part of the Nobel e-Museum discussing Nobel Prize winners, provides a biography and discussion of Faulkner's contribution to literature. Here, you can read the Prize "Presentation Speech" made by Gustaf Hellstrom as well as...
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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: 103 Things to Do Before/during/after Reading

For Students K - 1st Standards
The highly-respected Reading Rockets program offers both teachers and students a toolkit of ways to connect more actively with the materials they read. Some of these techniques are specifically for fiction-reading, others are designed...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Pende

For Students 9th - 10th
The Pende occupy a territory that extends from the banks of the Lutshima, a tributary of the Kwilu, to the Kasai. The last colonial census (1959) indicated that there were 200,000 western Pende and another 40,000 Pende in Kasai, the...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Anuak

For Students 9th - 10th
The Anuak live in a region straddling the border of the southern Sudan and Ethiopia. The Anuak language is most closely related to Shilluk. Together, the two languages comprise a subfamily within the larger classification of Nilotic....
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

For Students 9th - 10th
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology provides the complete text of Shakespeare's works. Content also includes a search engine (for looking up words and/or phrases), a chronological and alphabetical listing of his plays, a collection...
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam"

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Bibliomania contains the English translation of the work of the 11th century poet, Omar Khayyam. Edward Fitzgerald's translation is the best, and most respected translation of this ancient poem.
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Tales From Shakespeare

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Bibliomania provides great information on Charles Lamb's Shakespeares works. Includes a brief summary, then lists his famous plays, and each has a summary that can be accessed by clicking on the corresponding link. This is...
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University of Victoria (Canada)

Shakespeare's Life and Times: History and Politics

For Students 9th - 10th
This section on the life and times of Shakespeare addresses the stories behind his 'histories'.
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University of Victoria (Canada)

University of Victoria: Shakespeare's Life and Times

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource deals with Shakespeare's life, society, drama, art, music, politics and history of that time. The full text to many of Shakespeare's plays is also included.
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Shakespeare Online

Shakespeare Online

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A wealth of information and analysis of Shakespeare's plays, background, themes, and other topics of interest to those students of Shakespeare. The site also offers the complete texts of all of Shakespeare's plays and sonnets, quotations...
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Tales From Shakespeare, by Charles and Mary Lamb

For Students 9th - 10th
Mary Lamb, with the editorial help of her brother, Charles, rewrote twenty of Shakespeare's plays into stories for children. This is a copy of the tex which introduced Shakespeare to many people of all ages throughout the nineteenth and...
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PBS

Pbs: In Search of Shakespeare: Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Explore this comprehensive site featuring lesson plans about Shakespeare's plays and life in Elizabethan England.
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British Library

British Library: Prose and Verse in Shakespeare's Plays

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An article discussing how Shakespeare used prose and verse in his plays, and what we can learn from this. The author cites numerous examples from Shakespeare's plays and a few from other authors. Includes images of documents in the...
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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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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: William Faulkner

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site features links to information, lesson plans, and activities on the life and work of William Faulkner.

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