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Renaissance: The Elizabethan World
Get information about life in Elizabethan England, the trial of the Earls of Essex, heraldry, and statutes of Elizabethan England among other topics.
The History Place
The History Place: Great Speeches Collection
This site from The History Place provides a good selection of historical and relatively modern speeches from many English-speaking countries. Each speech is set up in its historic context. Many are available with audio links.
The Newberry Library
Newberry Library: Marriage and Family in Shakespeare's England
Learning modules explores the concepts of marriage and family in Shakespeare's England, 16th-18th Centuries. Students examine Shakespeare's work and the work of others and gain a sense of familial roles, obligations and how family was...
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Tudor History: The Tudor Monarchs From 1485 1603
A history of the Tudor Kings and Queens who ruled England from 1485-1603. The site contains biographies, cultural, and historical data.
Luminarium
Luminarium: 16th Century Renaissance English Literature (1485 1603)
Luminarium offers a student resource for learning about the authors of the English Renaissance period. Contains links to over 25 different authors from the period which contain their biographies, bibliographies, and text to some of their...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Justice and Injustice
In this self-guided unit, you will be exploring the themes of justice and injustice. Included are lessons, self-assessments, background information, and learning activities. At the end of the unit, you will follow the research process to...
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: Thou Hast Thy Calling to Some Palace Floor
A poem from Elizabeth Barrett Browning, "Thou Hast Thy Calling to Some Palace-Floor", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Erin Mesdag and can access a printable version of this piece.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: Yes, Call Me by My Pet Name! Let Me Hear
A poem from Elizabeth Barrett Browning, "Yes, Call Me by my Pet-Name! Let Me Hear", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Erin Mesdag and can access a printable version of this piece.
University of Victoria (Canada)
University of Victoria: The Puritans and the Parliament
This resource provides a brief description of the political battles waged in the English Parliament between the monarchy and the Puritans. Discussion begins with the reign of Elizabeth I and continues through to that of Charles I.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: The English, American Beginnings: 1492 1690
Six poems written by navigators and included by George Peckham, and Richard Hakluyt's argument to promote British settlement in North America. Both documents were directed to Queen Elizabeth I in an effort to promote British involvement...
Curated OER
Colourful Cover of Novel, by Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept, 1945
Read a brief criticism of Canadian novelist's Elizabeth Smart's popular works. Also, learn about the artwork and miscellaneous materials (journals, correspondence, manuscripts) that reveal "a clearer understanding of a complex person: a...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: English Civil War
An in-depth article regarding the English Civil Wars. The article discusses the events leading up to the war, the dispute between Charles II and Parliament, and details on the First, Second and Third Civil Wars.
Read Works
Read Works: Drawing Conclusions 1st Grade Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson unit on drawing conclusions through which students learn how to use pictures and context clues to discover a missing word and to draw conclusions about a story. Students also use...
Purple Math
Purplemath: Matrix Inversion: Finding the Inverse of a Matrix
Inverse matrices are very useful for solving matrix equations. But, given a matrix, how do you invert it? How do you find the inverse? The technique for inverting matrices is kind of clever. For a given matrix A and its inverse A-1, we...
BBC
Bbc Scotland: Mary Queen of Scots
Explore key events from the life of Mary Queen of Scots. There are many easy to use interactive exercises to help test your knowledge of the information you have just read. Great biographical overview, a timeline, and links to...
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Shakespeare Resource Center: The Authorship Debate
This site outlines the various "conspiracies" associated with Shakespeare's work.
British Library
British Library: Teaching Resources: The Tempest: Magic
This activity encourages young scholars to explore Shakespeare's presentation of Prospero and his arts in the light of attitudes to magic in the Elizabethan and early Jacobean period. Included are discussion questions, primary sources,...
Britain Express
Britain Express: History: Tudor: Elizabethan Life
This site contains small paragraphs with information about different aspects of Elizabethan life.
BBC
Bbc: Mary, Queen of Scots
Poor Mary, Queen of Scots. Read about her life as Queen of a religiously divided country and find out how that affected her reign and death. Archived.
University of Groningen
American History: Essays: Shifting the Balance of Power
This site introduces ideas about how the English became a naval power and competed with the Spanish in settling the New World.
BBC
Bbc: Burgh Life in Mary's Time
This interactive game leads students through the Royal Burgh of Stirling, Scotland. The students search the burgh for four lost items in an effort to gain entrance to a banquet given by Mary Queen of Scots. There is a non-flash version...
Luminarium
Luminarium: Essays and Research on the Renaissance
Use this comprehensive site to learn more about English Renaissance Literature. This site is a gold mine of information. It has several essays that illuminate this genre. Find out more about this period in literature through this...
BBC
Bbc History: British History: Empire: Symbiosis: Trade and the British Empire
Article examines the factors that drove forward the expansion of the British Empire during the nineteenth century and asks whether it was desire for trade or "thirst of conquest." Archived.
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