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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...
Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library: Lesson Plans: Teaching Julius Caesar
Two lesson plans for teaching Shakespeare's Julius Caesar focus on the play's consideration of friendship, alliances, and character motivation. With links to related information produced by the Folger on Shakespeare's life and work.
TES Global
Tes: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
[Free Registration/Login Required] Six lesson plans are provided that will help student compare the performance of Romeo and Juliet to the text of this drama.
Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers: Forward, Shakespeare! Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Forward, Shakespeare!, a novel by Jean Little, is about a seeing-eye dog named Shakespeare who helps a young boy learn to live with his blindness. This teacher's guide includes a book summary, teaching ideas and the author's reflections...
Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library: Pause, What Did You Say?
Students will analyze ambiguity in Shakespeare's meter using imperfect iambic pentameter lines from Julius Caesar 1.2.1-71. Students will evaluate how the lines reveal character motivation.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: William Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing
This site provides links to lesson plans, study guides, and other teaching resources for William Shakespeare's "Much Ado about Nothing."
Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library: Lesson Plans: Twelfth Night: What's So Funny?
Lesson plan in which young scholars draw parallels between modern sensibilities of what is humorous and the comedy of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library: Lesson Plans: A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
Lesson plan useful to teachers of any of of Shakespeare's plays in which students retell a scene using only visuals.
New Zealand Ministry of Education
Ministry of Ed, New Zealand: Et Tu Brute: Performing Julius Caesar
Excellent unit plan that outlines both the historical and theatrical context of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, along with details concerning the performance of the play.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Sounds of the Sonnet
This resource presents a lesson plan in which students learn to study the form, sounds, and meanings of sonnets (particularly those by Shakespeare) in an interesting and interactive way.
TES Global
Tes: A Midsummer Night's Dream Intro Lesson Shakespeare
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a comprehensive lesson plan for A Midsummer Night's Dream including various activities, summaries, characters, assignments, and websites to view an animated version of the film.
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.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Sounds of the Sonnet
"Sound Experiments" drive this lesson plan. Sonnet analysis is accompanied by readings based on specific emotions. At this website, there are several links full-text sonnets by such authors as Shakespeare, Lord Byron, Longfellow, and...
Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library: Lesson Plan Archive: The 32 Second Macbeth
Lesson plan features a hands-on activity for uncovering the major plot points of "Macbeth."
Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library: Lesson Plan Archive: Imagery in Hamlet
Lesson plan takes students through an exploration of the figurative language in "Hamlet."
Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library: Lesson Plan Archive: As You Like It
Lesson plan that uses online resources to provide fuller examination of "As You Like It."
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: William Shakespeare: Richard Iii
Delve into the world of Shakepear's history of "Richard III." The content of this site includes links to lesson plans, activities, study guides, and more.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Metaphorically Speaking
Two pages of lesson plans and two pages of handouts in PDF format about the use of figurative language in the works of Shakespeare. Designed for grades 6-8.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Discussion Guide: Shakespeare's Secret
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "Shakespeare's Secret" by Ellen Broach. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Macbeth Fear and the Motives of Evil
"Why does Macbeth, who knows that his actions are evil and will be punished, continue to choose evil?" Through this study of Macbeth's evil deeds, high school students will not only test their reading and research skills but also explore...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Fear and the "Dagger of the Mind"
This lesson plan accompanies a reading of Shakespeare's Macbeth and lets students explore Macbeth's "response to fear" through studying metaphor, imagery, and dramatic cues and by performing a scene.
British Library
British Library: Teaching Resources: The Merchant of Venice: Exploring Shylock
These activities encourage students to explore the character of Shylock, setting him against the backdrop of myths and fears about Jews that existed in Shakespeare's England. Included are discussion questions, primary sources, links for...
British Library
British Library: Teaching Resources: The Tempest: Magic
This activity encourages students 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, links...
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Paradigm Education: My Shakespeare: Julius Caesar Curriculum Guide [Pdf]
A curriculum guide for The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, with activities and ideas for each act of the play, as well as culminating essays and projects. Includes links to related sections of the play, which is accompanied by audio narration.
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