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TES Global

Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: The Tudors Their Music

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource focuses on the music of the Tudor era including harpsichords and drums. Students listen to various pieces of music and try to copy them.
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Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Holbein, Hans, the Younger

For Students 9th - 10th
A portrait of Henry VIII's fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, was commissioned from Hans Holbein the Younger. This describes the portrait, as well what it cost Holbein's career to paint a flattering picture of her.
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Who's Who in Shakespeare's History Plays

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a color-coded family tree to help you understand how the historical characters in Shakespeare's series of history plays are connected. As a bonus, you also get a brief synopsis of each of the plays.
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Handout
Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Holbein, Hans the Younger

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a biography of Hans Holbein the Younger with links to some of his works and to other artists of his time.
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eBook
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Shakespeare site that includes the texts of all of Shakespeare's plays. Shakespeare's other work is listed, but texts are not available. RL.11-12.10a/b Text Complexity
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Other

English history.net: Anne of Cleves

For Students 9th - 10th
Two accounts of the life of Anne of Cleves from EnglishHistory.net, portraits of her, and primary witness accounts of portions of her life.
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Handout
Luminarium

Luminarium: Essays and Research on the Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Britain Express

Britain Express: History: Tudor: Act of Supremacy

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains the Act of Supremacy (as established in both 1534 and 1559) that would "firmly establish the English monarch as the official head of the Church of England."
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Article
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Thomas More Trial (1535)

For Students 9th - 10th
"I die the king's good servant, and God's first."--Thomas More. There is much to learn from the story of how the head of one of the most revered men in England, Sir Thomas More, ended up on the chopping block on London's Tower Hill in...
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Ireland Information

History Early Modern Period (Ireland)

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief history of Ireland in the 1500's and 1600's.
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Vatican Exhibit: The City Recovers

For Students 9th - 10th
This section of a larger Library of Congress site briefly explains the city of Rome and its recovery during the 1500s and 1600s and includes maps and drawings of the city during that time. In addition, you'll find images of a number of...
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Luminarium

Luminarium: Sir Thomas More

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive site offers biographical information concerning Sir Thomas More, texts of his works, articles and essays about his works, and a list of other available sources.
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Website
Luminarium

Luminarium: Sir Thomas Wyatt, the Elder

For Students 9th - 10th
Links from this site access biographical information concerning Sir Thomas Wyatt, texts of his works, articles and essays about his works and a list of other available sources.
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Website
Other

Apostles.com: Thomas More's Last Letter

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of Thomas More's last letter written to his daughter Margaret on the day before he was executed. Cited from "St. Thomas More: Selected Letters" by Elizabeth Frances Rogers.
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Other

Uwm Libraries: All About William Shakespeare

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
University of Wisconsin's "Classic Text: Traditions and Interpretations" takes you through page after page of interesting, easy-to-read information regarding Shakespeare's life and works. Excellent resource.
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Other

The Legend of Camelot

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you can learn more about the story of Camelot as it has been told for hundreds of years--including the myth of Camelot, the Round Table, and the sword Excalibur.
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Other

Queen Elizabeth I: Semper Eadem Always the Same

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Queen Elizabeth I's (1533-1603) tumultuous life, examine portraits of the time period and read primary source documents.
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Website
The Newberry Library

Newberry Library: Library Exhibit: Elizabeth I: Ruler and Legend

For Students 9th - 10th
Full-featured online exhibition about Elizabeth I, her reign, and Elizabethan times.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: The Reformation

For Teachers 6th
Learn about the Religious Reformation in Europe that allowed for the spread of new ideas in both science and religion.
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Luminarium

Luminarium: Renaissance Literature: The Life of Sir Thomas More

For Students 9th - 10th
A great biography, focused mainly on his life and career in the courts. Also contains a great bibliography.
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Other

Springfield Public School District: Elizabethan England

For Students 9th - 10th
Springfield Public School District provides comprehensive information on England during the Elizabethan time period. Includes historical figures and events, everyday life, arts and architecture, Shakespeare, and it offers links to other...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Queen Elizabeth

For Students 9th - 10th
Queen Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry VIII, by Anne Boleyn. Her reign is one of the most remarkable in English history. It lasted from 1558 to 1603, and in those years England's glory was brighter than it had ever been before....
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: England and Wales, 1485 1603

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of England and Wales during the Tudor Dynasty (1485-1603) founded by Henry VII and ending at the death of Elizabeth I. The boundaries of the Welsh Counties are given as settled by the Laws in Wales Act of 1543 during the reign of...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Archbishop Thomas Cranmer

For Students 9th - 10th
Thomas Cranmer (2 July 1489 - 21 March 1556) was a leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI. He helped build a favourable case for Henry's divorce from Catherine of...

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