British Library
British Library: Teaching Resources: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Dreams, Illusion and Doubling
In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare explores and reflects upon Elizabethan debates around the nature of dreams. These activities revolve around how the structure, characters and themes in A Midsummer Night's Dream reflect this...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Shakespeare's a Midsummer Night's Dream: Conflict Resolution
In this lesson plan, young scholars will consider William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream: Conflict Resolution and Happy Endings. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab. The activities in...
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Read an overview of the play "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare and view additional resources such as articles, collection items, and teacher resources.
University of Victoria (Canada)
Internet Shakespeare Editions: "A Midsumer Night's Dream"
This site from the University of Victoria provides an index to Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Contains Quarto text (1600) and Folio text (1623) divided into acts and scenes, divided into pages, and as a single long file.
TES Global
Tes: Shakespeare on Screen: A Midsummer Night's Dream
[Free Registration/Login Required] This article focuses on Shakespeare's comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream, one of his greatest masterpieces, was believed to have been written in 1595-96. The article discusses its origins and various...
TES Global
Tes: A Midsummer Night's Dream 2011 Text Extracts (Shakespeare Unlocked)
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a printable copy of excerpts from the play A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare
Selected (6) reading passages (grades 7-10) to pair with the drama "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare. The overlapping story of several couples and the inevitably complicated road to love encompasses a play within a play,...
TES Global
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...
TES Global
Tes: A Midsummer Night's Dream Gallery: The Mechanicals
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a slide show of Royal Shakespeare Company production photos of "The Mechanicals" in A Midsummer Night's Dream which can be used to compare interpretations and to spark discussion.
TES Global
Tes: A Midsummer Night's Dream Image Gallery: Bottom
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a slide show of photos from Royal Shakespeare Company's productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream which are useful when comparing interpretations and to spark discussion.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Why Should You Read "A Midsummer Night's Dream?"
Iseult Gillespie shares what makes "A Midsummer Night's Dream?" a timeless classic.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Check out this site featuring lesson plans and other teaching ideas for William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." This site offers several links to informative resources.
Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Students will compare and contrast the imagery from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" with other works of Shakespeare using online resources.
Other
A Midsummer Night's Dream Guide
This guide to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream began as the From Stage to Screen: Shakespeare and the World Wide Web project with the Moscow Alternative School Center in Idaho. This guide will walk you through the steps we took at...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
Text from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Given by dramatis personae and by act and scene.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Full text of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare.
University of Victoria (Canada)
Internet Shakespeare Editions: "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Some summary and analysis of William Shakespeare's comedy "A Midsummer Night's Drea." It describes the play's structure as a multi-layered cake, and discusses many of the characters as well as the play-within-the-play.
Emory University
Emory University: Midsummer Night's Dream
This site from the Emory University provides illustrationsfrom various editions of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," with text.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Midsummer Nights Dream Review
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart Activotes are used to help students recall identities of major characters, quotes, and literary terms in Shakespearean play, Midsummer Night's Dream.
TES Global
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...
Other
A (Simplified) Midsummer Night's Dream for Ell Readers
A simplified version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" developed for English language learners by an ESL teacher.
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: A Teacher's Guide to "A Midsummer Night's Dream" [Pdf]
Detailed discussion and study questions are a major feature of this 11 page teacher guide. Suggestions for classroom activities before, during and after reading are also included. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]
Universal Teacher
Moore's Teacher Resources: Studying "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
An excellent site from the UK that analyzes the Shakespearean comedy. Includes a comparison to "Romeo and Juliet," an analysis on the nature of love, stagecraft ideas, and thematic elements.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: A Midsummer Night's Dream
This comedy written around 1596 is a play about four sets of couples and their complicated lives. This site provides fascinating insights into the characters, themes and quotations from the play.