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Luminarium

Luminarium: Middle English Plays

For Students 9th - 10th
This site site has texts of several of anonymous medieval plays that are examples of the miracle and morality plays that reintroduced drama to the medieval world. Essays and articles that explain and analyze the plays are included.
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University of Victoria (Canada)

University of Victoria: Moralities and Mysteries

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Victoria, which is part of a much larger site on Shakespeare, describes morality plays. It also provides examples and links to complete texts of some medieval morality plays.
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Fu Jen University: Morality Plays

For Students 9th - 10th
This page offers a clear but brief explanation of morality plays, using "Everyman" as an example.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Medieval Drama and Mystery Plays

For Students 9th - 10th
The mystery plays and morality plays of the 15th and 16th centuries were very different from modern drama. This article takes us back in time to show how these plays portrayed scenes from the Bible, conveyed religious doctrine, and...
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University of Michigan

Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse: Everyman

For Students 9th - 10th
The full, Middle English text of the morality play Everyman edited by A.C. Cawley is provided.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Elizabethan Drama

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a lesson on Elizabethan drama leading up the the reading of Shakespeare's Macbeth. It discusses the precursor mystery or morality plays including links to Everyman, the most famous of these. It continues with a discussion of how...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Everyman, 15th Century [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a PDF of the morality play Everyman, written in the 15th century. It is about Death coming to get Everyman and hold him accountable for his life.
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University of Victoria (Canada)

University of Victoria: Morality to History

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a brief discussion of the morality plays as teaching tools, and political devices. Links are also provided for additional information on related subjects.
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British Library

British Library: Teaching Resources: Measure for Measure: A Problem Play?

For Students 9th - 10th
What is Measure for Measure's problem? The play confronts us with questions about sex, morality, and power, which challenge us as readers and audiences. In these activities, students will debate why the play is so problematic, through...
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Miracle Players: "Everyman" [Text and Synopsis]

For Students 9th - 10th
This site includes a brief synopsis of "Everyman," a series of photos from the Miracle Players' performance of the play, the full text of the play (though not glossed, fairly easy to understand), and a cast list which also includes an...
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University of Victoria (Canada)

Internet Shakespeare Editions: "Measure for Measure"

For Students 9th - 10th
Some summary and analysis of William Shakespeare's comedy "Measure For Measure." It discusses a variety of aspects of the play including sex and morality, crime and punishment, justice and mercy, influence of the Bible, and problem...
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Luminarium

Luminarium: "Everyman" (After 1485)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed overview of "Everyman," and includes the full text of the work, related essays and articles, and additional resources.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Storytelling in Ritual and Performance in Bali

For Students 9th - 10th
Balinese stories are continually told and retold. The Kayonan is the first and last puppet seen in the Balinese wayang shadow theater. As it dances, it symbolizes the living tradition of storytelling that deeply explains and entertains,...
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Arthur Miller Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What do you want to know about the life and work of Arthur Miller? This site features links to lesson plans and information for several of his plays.
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University of Groningen

American History: Biographies: Henry Carey 1793 1879

For Students 9th - 10th
Henry Carey was the eldest son of Mathew Carey, an Irish freedom fighter who was recruited to the intelligence networks established by Benjamin Franklin, and sent to Philadelphia to run what was then the largest printing operation in...

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