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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the five-act play The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare; it includes a list of characters and the setting for scene one.
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TES Global

Tes: First Encounters: The Taming of the Shrew 2014 Teacher Pack

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a Royal Shakespeare Company teacher resource pack for teaching The Taming of the Shrew including the following sections: The Story Page; Q&A with the Director; Storyboard; Creating...
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TES Global

Tes: The Taming of the Shrew: Powerpoints and More!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource is a series of lessons and activities to aid in teaching Shakespeare's The Taming of The Shrew.
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TES Global

Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This learning module focuses on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew including why it is considered a "problem play." It includes information about the abuse of women in the 1500-1600's, a chart of how...
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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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Primary
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Taming the Tamer

For Students 9th - 10th
Marco Ghelardi, a theater director, discussed his production of 'The Taming of the Shrew.' Extracts from this article can usefully be used to initiate a classroom discussion. Student can also seek to use the opinions in the essay to...
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: A Guide to "The Taming of the Shrew" [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Performance ideas, interdisciplinary connections, related books, and more can be found in this 16-page .pdf guide.
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Tales From Shakespeare: Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare

For Students 2nd - 5th
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book Tales from Shakespeare in Verse: Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, a poem of Shakespeare's play "Taming of the Shrew."
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Website
Emory University

Emory University: Taming of the Shrew

For Students 9th - 10th
This link from Emory University provides some illustrations from various editions of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew."
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TES Global

Tes: The Taming of the Shrew: Misogyny Debate

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This slide show lesson and worksheet focus on whether Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew is a misogynistic play, displays hatred or dislike of women. Students must take a stand, and write an essay...
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource supplies teaching ideas for William Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew."
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Website
University of Victoria (Canada)

Internet Shakespeare Editions: "The Taming of the Shrew"

For Students 9th - 10th
Some summary and analysis of William Shakespeare's comedy "The Taming of the Shrew." It discusses a variety of aspects of the play including the induction scenes, courtship, social order, and a similar play called "The Taming of a Shrew."
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Website
British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: The Taming of the Shrew

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an overview of the play "The Taming of the Shrew" by William Shakespeare and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.
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Website
British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Power, Politics, and Religion

For Students 9th - 10th
A murdered king, a homeless ruler, a man who sells his soul to the Devil: discover how Shakespeare and other Renaissance writers represented power and powerlessness.
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Website
British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Comedies

For Students 9th - 10th
From cross-dressing in Twelfth Night to magical storms in The Tempest; from deception in Much Ado to biting satire in The Alchemist, discover the beauty and complexity of Shakespearean and Renaissance comedies.
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Website
British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Gender, Sexuality, Courtship and Marriage

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
From courtship rituals to cross-dressing to love poetry, examine the ways in which Shakespeare and Renaissance writers explored identity, sexuality, and gender roles.
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Article
John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Shakespeare and Love: A Look at How the Bard Takes and Breaks Hearts

For Students 9th - 10th
In William Shakespeare's plays, characters fight battles and face witches, lead kingdoms and hunt murderers, spend and squander money and friendship. Just as often, though, they focus on what can be an equally difficult struggle: the...
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Other

Self knowlege.com: Works of Shakespeare

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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...
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: The Taming of the Shrew

For Students 9th - 10th
One of Shakespeare's earliest comedies, The Taming of the Shrew, is analysed in great detail in this informative site. The characters and their actions as well as important quotations from the play are discussed.