Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare
This is the full text of the five-act comedic play The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare including a list of characters.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Love for Love by William Congreve
This is the full text of the five-act play Love for Love by William Congreve including a list of characters, a prologue, and an epilogue.
Other
Libivox: Antigone by Sophocles
This is the full audio version of the Greek tragedy Antigone by Sophocles. A brief summary and list of characters are provided and then links to each of two parts of the play.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Literature & Composition: Self Selected Drama
This unit focuses on the students selecting a play to read and study from an extensive list provided. A link to key drama terms is provided. Student read and respond to their selected text, learn the vocabulary, and take a quiz.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Literature: Contemporary Drama
This introduction to contemporary drama focuses on the elements or characteristics of drama and the theme of the American Dream. It features the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, which is set in the 1950s.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Drama: Characteristics of a Drama
This lesson focuses on the characteristics of a drama including the four elements of a play: characters, dialogue, action, and gesture. It features a presentation of characterisics of drama, a Wikipedia article "Drama," and Quizlet:...
TES Global
Tes: Teaching Shakespeare
[Free Registration/Login Required] This website is designed to help educators teach Shakespeare to students; it provides information from UK's leading arts and cultural organizations: Arts Council England, the British Museum, the British...
TES Global
Tes: Cultural Approaches
[Free Registration/Login Required] See how Shakespeare is brought to life on stage and on film. Explore his work through art, design, costumes, and historical objects using materials from some of the UK's major cultural institutions.
TES Global
Tes: An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will complete this reading guide for J.B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls as they read or as a reflective reading activity. Students will be able to analyze characters, the historical context,...
TES Global
Tes: Twelfth Night: Rsc Education Resources Pack
[Free Registration/Login Required] Produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Twelfth Night is featured in this multi-day. This unit provides social context and activities.
TES Global
Tes: Much Ado About Nothing: Shakespeare Resource Pack
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource from the National Theatre will assist learners interpret the dramati production William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.
TES Global
Tes: The Tempest: Printable Teaching Resource Pack
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this teaching resource, learners will learn about the synopsis, background, and actors of the National Theatre's production of The Tempest. Reading and writing lessons are included in this resource.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Literary Visions
Twenty-six half hour videos on literary analysis for high school students that feature authors, scholars, actors and noted critics. Topics include The Art of the Essay, Setting and Character in Short Fiction, Responding to Literature and...
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg: Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen
Read the complete text of this domestic tragedy. Multiple formats of the text are available.
Swiss Educ
Swiss Educ: Shaw, George Bernard:1856 1950
The site from SwissEDUC has a portrait of the writer, as well as audio of Shaw speaking about pacifism and a video of a biography, "A 1930 Newsreel Appearance." Equally important is a the information on "Pygmalion." It provides...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Retelling the African Folktale Abiyoyo
This instructional activity students will listen to an African folktale, Abiyoyo. Students will engage in role-playing to retell Abiyoyo through the use of reader's theater.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Music Magic
This lesson engages students in retelling. Students will participate in listening to various songs and stories. Then students will practice retelling and dramatizing the songs and stories.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Reader's Theater
To improve oral reading and listening skills, groups students will alternate performing reader's theater plays.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Adaptation of the Boy Who Cried "Wolf"
After sharing the story of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," students will be introduced to the story of "Leo the Longhorn." Students will act out the nattive of "Leo the Longhorn" by paying close attention to the skill of sequencing.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Shape Stretch
This module features a lesson plan for shapes. Teachers of thie lesson plan will engage their students in a game that requires the use of balance, movement, and "shape" mathematical concepts.
Crayola
Crayola: Castle in the Sun (Lesson Plan)
This lesson plan incorporates art, drama, social studies, and language arts. Students use recycled paper and boxes to create a castle, then use it as inspiration to write and act out their own play. (To access this lesson plan, you must...
Teachnology
Teachnology: Music Lesson Plans
Great lesson plans covering a wide-range of music-related subjects. A wonderful resource for wonderful teachers!
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Understanding Drama
You will learn how to make complex inferences in a play and use textual evidence to support your understanding.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Understanding Drama (English 7 Reading)
Learn how to explain a playwright's use of dialogue and stage directions.