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Literary Explorer: Macbeth
Literary Explorer features a language arts unit on William Shakespeare's "Macbeth." Includes teaching and learning strategies for this powerful play.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Romeo and Juliet for a Digital Age
Interesting lesson plan which allows students to relate more fully to this work of Shakespeare by rewriting and recreating scenes with modern, digital devices in mind (cell phones, computers, etc.). Excellent and interactive lesson plan.
Organization for Community Networks
Ofcn: Macbeth
Have you ever read any of Shakespeare's work that you don't quite understand? This site features a lesson plan for "Macbeth" that will help your young scholars understand and enjoy his work.
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Literary Studies: A Second Daniel in Merchant
From Early Modern Literary Studies, "A Second Daniel: The Jew and the 'True Jew' in The Merchant of Venice." In depth analytical essay; extensive bibliography.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Modern Day Macbeth
As learners work in small groups to compose scripts and produce videos recreating a selected scene, they demonstrate an understanding of Macbeth and the elements of drama.
TES Global
Tes: The Tempest Sow
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a comprehensive lesson plan for teaching Shakespeare's The Tempest including worksheets, excerpts from the text in original and modern versions, and writing assignments with rubrics.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Macbeth
This is an introduction to the tragedy Macbeth by William Shakespeare. It provides background information, his use of historical people and events, the orgins of Macbeth, links to a summary of the text, and No Fear Shakespeare, which...
TES Global
Tes: Commedia Dell'arte and Stock Characters
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a slide show lesson on Commedia Dell'Arte and stock characters including a close activity on Commedia Dell'Arte, a definition of stock characters with examples, modern day stock characters, and...
British Library
British Library: Teaching Resources: Putting Othello in Context: A Summary of Sources
This summary of sources is a quick and easy way to explore the contexts for Othello - from sex in early modern Venice and race in Shakespeare's London, to Coleridge's critique of the play and Ira Aldridge's ground-breaking performance....
British Library
British Library: Teaching Resources: Putting the Tempest in Context: A Summary of Sources
This summary of sources is a quick and easy way to explore the contexts for The Tempest - from early modern ideas about magic, masques, and music, to controversial images and first-hand accounts of shipwreck and colonization. Included...
British Library
British Library: Teaching Resources: Putting Julius Caesar in Context: A Summary of Sources
This summary of sources is a quick and easy way to explore the contexts for Julius Caesar - from early modern views on ghosts and tyrannicide to later readings of the play in light of fascist ideas. Included are ideas for activities and...
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Lib.ru: Russian & World Poetry in Russian
Large online collection of Russian and world poetry, in Russian. Includes classics by English language poets like Dante, Shakespeare, Longfellow, Frost, Eliot, Ginsburg and a few by Russian-American poets. Helpful support for the upper...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: What Machiavellian Really Means
From Shakespeare's plays to modern TV dramas, the unscrupulous schemer for whom the ends always justify the means has become a familiar character type we love to hate. Pazit Cahlon and Alex Gendler investigate the origins of the term,...
British Library
British Library: Teaching Resources: Putting the Merchant of Venice in Context: A Summary of Sources
This summary of sources is a quick and easy way to explore the contexts for The Merchant of Venice - from early modern ideas about trade and usury, Venice and Jewish culture to 20th-century productions by both Nazis and Yiddish companies...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Langston Hughes
This resource focuses on the works of famous African-American author, Langston Hughes.
Luminarium
Luminarium: Essays and Research on the Renaissance
Use this comprehensive site to learn more about English Renaissance Literature. This site is a gold mine of information. It has several essays that illuminate this genre. Find out more about this period in literature through this...