City University of New York
Cuny: William Makepeace Thackeray's Vanity Fair
Illustrated essays are the primary feature of this site. Includes a number of links to other resources, and a fairly detailed discussion of "Vanity Fair."
City University of New York
Henrik Ibsen's "Hedda Gabbler"
A thorough site which covers contemporary response to the play, characters, themes and resources, this is worth look for both teachers and students.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A Picture Book Writing Lesson: Same Theme/different Story Stories
After enjoying the story of Fox by Margaret Wild, students will work in small groups to generate possible themes that the book is trying to teach its readers. Themes will be shared whole-group, and a class list of the best themes will be...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Learn About Egypt [Pdf]
"Learn about Egypt" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about Egypt including its history and it's problems. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it includes:...
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill: Part 1 Reading: Literature: Determine Theme
Learn how to determine a theme of a story on this site. Click on model at the bottom right and continue through lesson.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Writing Abc Books to Enhance Reading Comprehension
Contains plans for four lessons that are adaptable to many texts that young scholars may be reading. Students analyze the text for literary elements such as characters, setting, figures of speech, and themes, and then publish their...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Lesson: You Stole the Cookies From the Cookie Jar!
In this lesson, students will engage in reflective thinking about the children's song entitled "Who Stole the Cookies from the Cookie Jar?" Students will then compare their reflections to that of Jack Johnson's modern day song called...
TES Global
Tes: Masks and Disguise in Shakespeare Gallery
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of photos of actors in masks or disguise from Royal Shakespeare Company productions of Shakespeare's plays. They may be useful in comparing interpretations and to spark discussion.
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Tes: Cross Dressing in Shakespeare Gallery
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of photos of cross-dressed actors and actresses from the Royal Shakespeare Company productions of Shakespeare's plays.
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Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: Themes: Family
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of links to help students see how Shakespeare used the theme of family relationships that are still relevant today.
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Tes: Fathers and Daughters in Shakespeare Gallery
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collect of photos of fathers and daughters from Royal Shakespeare Company's productions of Shakespeare's plays.
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Tes: Kings, Crowns and Succession in Shakespeare Gallery
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of photos of kings from Royal Shakespeare Company productions of Shakespeare's histories.
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Tes: Shakespeare's Richard Iii and Henry v Image Bank
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is aVictoria and Albert Museum collection of images of Richard III and Henry V and artifacts used in the production of the plays. Ideas for discussion and activity accompany the collection.
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Tes: Othello: Patriarchal Domination Theme: Worksheets
[Free Registration/Login Required] These worksheets and charts focus on Desdemona and Emilia as they move respectively from resistance to domination to submission to domination in Othello by William Shakespeare.
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Tes: Antony & Cleopatra 2006 Article: "Cleopatra"
[Free Registration/Login Required] This Royal Shakespeare Company article "Cleopatra" by Lucy Hughes-Hallett explains Shakespeare's source for his character of Cleopatra in his play Antony & Cleopatra -- Plutarch's Antony and...
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Tes: Romeo and Juliet Love Activity
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this activity, students learn to use the PEE (point, evidence, explain) model to study Love in Romeo and Juliet. They use a tracking worksheet to write down points showing Romeo and Juliet's feelings...
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Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: Themes: Love: Sonnet 116 Power Point
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a lesson for teaching Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 including the structure of sonnets, understanding the meaning of the sonnet, and finding important points made about love in the Sonnet, finding...
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Tes: Representation of Love in Romeo & Juliet: Resource
[Free Registration/Login Required] This slide show introduces the assignment to compare Shakespeare's representation of love in Macbeth as compared to Romeo and Juliet. It provides a chart and quotes of love from Romeo and Juliet.
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Tes: Romeo and Juliet: Love, Sex & Marriage Resources
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson focuses on how Romeo and Juliet feel about love, sex, and marriage including explaining quotes by Juliet on the subject, tracking quotes said by other characters in the play on the subject,...
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Tes: Romeo & Juliet: Shakespeare's Love Language
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson focuses on a study of the Shakespearean Language in Romeo & Juliet's meeting scene in Act 1 Scene 5 with activites such as writing text messages between lovers and the difference between...
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Tes: Macbeth: Witches Gallery
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of photos of the witches from the Royal Shakespeare Company's various production of Shakespeare's Macbeth. They can be useful in comparing interpretations and for sparking discussion.
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Tes: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Design a Fairy
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this activity, students pretend they are the director and design a costume for Puck; they brief the designer as to how to create it and then brief the actor as to how to play the part. An example and...
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Tes: Midsummer Night's Dream: Magic Flower Task
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this activity, students design an advertisement for a magic flower like Oberon does in A Midsummer Night's Dream. They begin by answering questions as to product name, what it does, how it works, the...
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Tes: The Tempest: Prospero Gallery
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of photos of Prospero from different Royal Shakespeare Company's productions of Shakespeare's The Tempest. They could be useful to compare interpretations and to spark discussion.