Curated OER
Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 15 multiple choice questions based on Tristam Shandy. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
TES Global
Tes: First Encounters: King Lear (2012) Teacher Pack
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource from Royal Shakespeare Company focuses on teaching Shakespeare's King Lear including themes, characters and relationships, the two families, understanding the language, staging the play,...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: King Lear
Full text of "King Lear" by William Shakespeare. Features links to a page about the character King Lear and the Shakespeare Homepage.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: William Shakespeare: King Lear
Broaden your knowledge of William Shakespeare's "King Lear," when you explore this site. This resource features links to several other educational sites with lesson plans, activities, study guides and more.
Royal Shakespeare Company
Royal Shakespeare Company: Education Resources: King Lear
A synopsis of King Lear with background and discussion of the play, a synopsis, and history of past play productions. Includes downloadable teacher guides as well as a video [1:18:14] of a performance the company did for students in New...
TES Global
Tes: Aqa Lit: King Lear & Parent/child Poetry So W
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a comprehensive lesson for comparing parent/child relationships using poems by a variety of English Literary Heritage poets and Acts I-III of King Lear. It includes parent/child lessons and...
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Shakespeare King Lear
Here, read the full text of "King Lear." This Shakespearean tragedy is organized by scene.
Shakespeare Online
Shakespeare Online: King Lear Study Guide
An extensive resource for William Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear. Resources include but are not limited to: play overview, play analysis, character analysis, famous quotes from the play, and pronunciation. Exam questions and scene by...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: King Lear by William Shakespeare
This is the full text of the five-act historic play King Lear by William Shakespeare including a list of characters.
University of Victoria (Canada)
Internet Shakespeare Editions: "King Lear"
Some background of William Shakespeare's tragedy "King Lear" provided by the University of Victoria. It discusses a variety of aspects of the play including societal, historical, intellectual, and literary background, as well as staging.
University of Pennsylvania
English Renaissance in Context: King Lear
Multimedia resource that examines the historical sources Shakespeare used when writing King Lear. Using primary source material, excerpts from the play are compared to its source documents. Questions are scattered among the material to...
British Library
British Library: Teaching Resources: King Lear: The Disintegration of the Social Structure
These activities encourage students to examine the tensions that characterized the political and social landscape of the early 17th century and to compare these with fears about the disintegration of the social structure expressed in...
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: King Lear
Read an overview of the play "King Lear" by William Shakespeare and view additional resources such as articles, collection items, and teacher resources.
The English Teacher
Teacher2b.com: Teaching Language in King Lear
A teacher shares thoughts and ideas on teaching King Lear.
Emory University
Emory University: King Lear
This site from the Emory University provides illustrations from various editions of Shakespeare's "King Lear."
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: A Teacher's Guide to "King Lear" [Pdf]
Shakespeare's language, the historical context of the play, scene by scene synopsis, and ideas for differentiating instruction are all features of this 18-page .pdf guide.
Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library: Lesson Plans: King Lear: Multiple Texts, Editions
Lesson plan in which students compare and contrast Lear's last lines. when he holds the dead Cordelia, from two early editions of King Lear.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: King Lear
This site provides an amazing insight into Shakespeare's King Lear. Read about the major characters, themes and important quotations in the play in this fascinating site.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Shakespeare Uncovered: Collection
Shakespeare Uncovered combines history, biography, iconic performances, new analysis, and the personal passions of its celebrated hosts to tell the stories behind the stories of Shakespeare's greatest plays. The Series 3 resources:...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology provides the complete text of Shakespeare's works. Content also includes a search engine (for looking up words and/or phrases), a chronological and alphabetical listing of his plays, a collection...
Absolute Shakespeare
Absolute Shakespeare: King Lear Commentary
Act by act and scene by scene, this commentary accompanies the entire play.
University of Pennsylvania
English Renaissance in Context: Unediting Lear
Since a number of different versions of Shakespeare's play King Lear have been found, which should be consitered the "real" one? Great multimedia tutorial that examines this problem faced by Shakespeare scholars.
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: William Shakespeare
Here find links to the full texts of William Shakespeare's plays as well as study guides. (Note: Some of the links may no longer work.)
University of Victoria (Canada)
University of Victoria: Shakespeare's Life and Times
This resource deals with Shakespeare's life, society, drama, art, music, politics and history of that time. The full text to many of Shakespeare's plays is also included.