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Lesson Plan
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: William Shakespeare: The Tempest

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site features links to lesson plans and activities for Shakespeare's "The Tempest."
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Handout
Olga, Helen, Yuri and Sergey Mataev

Olga's Gallery: Giorgione

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biography of Giorgione. Includes links to photos of his works including The Tempest.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why Should You Read Shakespeare's "The Tempest"?

For Students 9th - 10th
Iseult Gillespie investigates why the play, "The Tempest," still resonates with modern readers.
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Website
University of Victoria (Canada)

Internet Shakespeare Editions: "The Tempest"

For Students 9th - 10th
Some summary and analysis of William Shakespeare's comedy "The Tempest." It discusses a variety of aspects of the play including the unities in "The Tempest," Caliban and colonization, Prospero the magus, Ferdinand and Miranda, staging,...
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: The Tempest

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

British Library: Discovering Literature: Magic, Illusion, and the Supernatural

For Students 9th - 10th
Mischievous fairies, monstrous apparitions, and scheming witches: examine how Shakespeare and Renaissance writers played with the magical and supernatural.
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Website
British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Language, Word Play and Text

For Students 9th - 10th
Prose and verse, wordplay, neologisms, and rhetoric: discover how Shakespeare and Renaissance writers developed innovative and experimental uses of language.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Deception, Drama, and Misunderstanding

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate how Shakespeare and Renaissance writers explore miscommunication, dishonesty, trickery, and the nature of theatre.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Global Shakespeare

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover how Shakespeare's work was influenced by other cultures, and how in turn it's been interpreted in other nations over 400 years.
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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: Ethnicity and Identity

For Students 9th - 10th
From Othello and Shylock to depictions of the 'New World' and anti-immigration riots, explore Shakespeare's fascination with ethnic identity.
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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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Activity
British Library

British Library: Teaching Resources: Putting the Tempest in Context: A Summary of Sources

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Unit Plan
Absolute Shakespeare

Absolute Shakespeare: The Tempest Commentary

For Students 9th - 10th
Explaining each act of The Tempest, this site includes explanations of important quotations as well.
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eBook
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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Primary
Other

Open Source Shakespeare: The Tempest (1611)

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow link to the complete text of William Shakespeare's play The Tempest. A cast of characters is also provided. Click on any character to see a list of his/her major speeches throughout the play.
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My Hero Project

My Hero: William Shakespeare

For Students 6th - 8th
Use this resource to learn about William Shakespeare. He is credited with authoring over 30 plays and over 150 sonnets. Includes audio feature for listening to the text.
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Activity
Shmoop University

Shmoop: The Tempest

For Students 9th - 10th
The last of Shakespeare's great plays, The Tempest, is analyzed in an insightful way in this site. Find out more about the characters, understand more about the play itself by reading through the quotations.
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Curated OER

Giorgione: The Tempest

For Students 9th - 10th
This art museum site offers an enlarged image of "The Tempest."