Northern Virginia Community College
Introduction to Theatre: The Elizabethan Stage
This site mainly discusses the Elizabethan Theatres. It gives statistics about the various theatres of that time period, and provides interesting information about them. Some information on William Shakespeare is also provided.
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 students understand and enjoy his work.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Why Should You Read "Macbeth"?
Brendan Pelsue explains why you should read or revisit "Macbeth."
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare
Spurred by ambition and spiritual prophecy, Macbeth, and his wife Lady Macbeth, come up with a scheme to murder King Duncan and take his throne. Their actions force them to commit more murders and eventually leads to their downfall....
BBC
Bbc Education Scotland: Bitesize Revision on Macbeth
This "Bitesize Revision" of "Macbeth" provides summary, discussion, and review of the Shakespearean tragedy. Also includes a "Craft of the Writer" section that discusses the use of blank verse, rhyme, dramatic irony, and imagery.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: A Creative Twist to the Tragedy of Macbeth
A Creative Twist to The Tragedy of Macbeth is a project that gives students an opportunity to express their understanding of Macbeth through their artistic ability. The activity appeals to the learning style of all students by allowing...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Using Digital Notebook to Visualize Thematic Links
Students will work in groups of two or three to produce two pages of a digital scrapbook covering a thematic element from Macbeth. The pages will then be assembled into a visual review of the play's themes and character motivations...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Modern Day Macbeth
As students 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.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Magic, Illusion, and the Supernatural
Mischievous fairies, monstrous apparitions, and scheming witches: examine how Shakespeare and Renaissance writers played with the magical and supernatural.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Language, Word Play and Text
Prose and verse, wordplay, neologisms, and rhetoric: discover how Shakespeare and Renaissance writers developed innovative and experimental uses of language.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Tragedies
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.
British Library
British Library: Teaching Resources: Macbeth: Lady Macbeth
This varied series of activities is designed to encourage learners to exercise independence of thought when exploring the presentation of Lady Macbeth throughout the play. The tasks draw learners' attention to the varied ways in which...
British Library
British Library: Teaching Resources: Macbeth: Discovering Literature Resources
This site provides links to various resources such as collection items, articles, and teaching activities for Macbeth. It includes a 16th-century pamphlet on witchcraft, alongside character analyses of the weird sisters and Lady Macbeth....
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts, Grade 10: Macbeth
Students explore the ideas of ambition and failure. They learn that conflicts serve as the basis of a text's meaning and that identifying the internal and external conflicts of a story reveals the motivations of complex characters. They...
University of Houston
University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 1152: Mac Beth
An essay on MacBeth by John H. Lienhard from the Engines of Our Ingenuity series. Essay is available in both print and audio versions.
Other
Self knowlege.com: Works of Shakespeare
Listing of links from SelfKnowlege.com to texts of selected Shakespeare works including "Romeo and Juliet", "Macbeth", "Sonnet to Sundry Notes of Music", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", and many more. Over 40 titles. Also contains...
Other
Ic Teachers: Macbeth Online Quiz
Ten quick, factual, multiple choice questions to test your retention of the story of Macbeth.
Emory University
Emory University: Shakespeare Illustrated: Macbeth
This site from the Emory University provides illustrations from various editions of Shakespeare's "Macbeth."
New York University
Nyu: William Shakespeare Literature Annotations
Helpful but concise literature annotations on some of Williams Shakespeare's (1564-1616 CE) works.
TES Global
Blendspace: Macbeth
A learning module with twenty-five links to images, videos, texts, websites, and quizzes to use while reading William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
TES Global
Blendspace: Macbeth Videos
A six-part learning module with links to videos about William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
TES Global
Tes: Revision: Macbeth, English Literature, Interactive Quiz (Connect 4)
[Free Registration/Login Required] This Power Point interactive presentation is a review over William Shakespeare's Macbeth through a game of "Connect Four."
ClassFlow
Class Flow: The Macbeth Mystery
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read Macbeth together in class in order to solve the mystery of the deaths of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. With each scene, I reveal a clue to the mystery.