John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet: Star Cross'd and Starry Eyed
From the opening lines of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the audience knows what lies in store for the tragedy's title teens: that these two "star-crossed lovers" are doomed to die. By the end of the play, an "ancient grudge"...
TES Global
Tes: Romeo & Juliet: Shakespeare's Love Language
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson focuses on a study of the Shakespearean Language in Romeo & Juliet's meeting scene in Act 1 Scene 5 with activites such as writing text messages between lovers and the difference between...
TES Global
Tes: Representation of Love in Romeo & Juliet: Resource
[Free Registration/Login Required] This slide show introduces the assignment to compare Shakespeare's representation of love in Macbeth as compared to Romeo and Juliet. It provides a chart and quotes of love from Romeo and Juliet.
TES Global
Tes: Romeo and Juliet: Lovers Gallery
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of images of Romeo and Juliet during the balcony scene of various productions which can be used to compare interpretation and spark discussion. RL.9-10.7 analyze 2 media
TES Global
Tes: Romeo & Juliet 2006 Article: "Civil Blood"
[Free Registration/Login Required] This article "Civil Blood: Why Are the Capulets and Montagues at War?" by Carol Chillington Rutter, Professor of English Literature at Warwick University, discusses the themes of violence and love in...
TES Global
Tes: Romeo and Juliet Love Activity
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this activity, students learn to use the PEE (point, evidence, explain) model to study Love in Romeo and Juliet. They use a tracking worksheet to write down points showing Romeo and Juliet's feelings...
TES Global
Tes: Romeo and Juliet: Love, Sex & Marriage Resources
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson focuses on how Romeo and Juliet feel about love, sex, and marriage including explaining quotes by Juliet on the subject, tracking quotes said by other characters in the play on the subject,...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: 'You Kiss by the Book' Romeo and Juliet
This lesson plan helps students understand how Shakespeare used the sonnet form within "Romeo and Juliet," to highlight particular dramatic moments.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Excerpts From "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare
A learning module that begins with "Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
British Library
British Library: Teaching Resources: Putting Romeo and Juliet in Context: A Summary of Sources
This summary of sources is a quick and easy way to explore the contexts for Romeo and Juliet - from young love in Shakespeare's day to sonnets and sleeping potions, and from Brooke's 1562 poem on Romeus and Juliet to a 21st-century...
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.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Romeo and Juliet
Read an overview of the play "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare and view additional resources such as articles, collection items, and teacher resources.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Shakespeare/romeo & Juliet Wiki
Students will self-select a teacher-supplied topic and work collaboratively with group members from their class, as well as group members from other classes (or schools) to create a wiki demonstrating their knowledge of Shakespeare, his...
TES Global
Tes: Education Workpack: Romeo and Juliet
[Free Registration/Login Required] This module provides information about the National Theatre's production of Romeo and Juliet. All content will easily supplement the play, along with the extended research options provided.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 9: Romeo and Juliet
Students explore how patterns and contrasts in language (diction, imagery, figurative language) reveal central ideas in texts and develop various motifs (light vs. dark, dreams vs. reality, high vs. low, etc.) in Romeo and Juliet. They...
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BBC
Bbc: r.s.c.: Shakespeare Unlocked: Romeo and Juliet Teacher's Pack [Pdf]
A teaching unit for Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet including lesson plans, video links, workshops, and more.
TES Global
Tes: West Side Story (1961) Film Guide
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a film guide for the film West Side Story (1961), the musical adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, which is set in 1950s New York and incorporates themes around street crime,...
TES Global
Tes: Romeo & Juliet: Students Direct the Fight Scene
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a printable learning exercise to help students think about how they would direct the fight scene in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Students answer questions about how and why four of the...
Yale University
Pen and the Pad: Romeo and Juliet and Westside Story
This lesson plan explains how to compare and contrast Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet with the film West Side Story.
University of Victoria (Canada)
Internet Shakespeare Editions: "Romeo and Juliet"
Some summary and analysis of William Shakespeare's tragedy "Romeo and Juliet" provided by the University of Victoria. It discusses a variety of topics including whether or not the play is a tragedy, marriage, fate, and staging the play.
Universal Teacher
Moore's Teacher Resources: Studying Romeo and Juliet
Wealth of information about the play "Romeo and Juliet" intended for standardized test preparation in the United Kingdom. Contains detailed information about some key scenes, some character analysis, as well as advice for writing about...
Shakespeare Online
Shakespeare Online: Romeo and Juliet
Access lines and staging prompts for scenes from William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet. The scenes are displayed according to act with the setting included. Explanatory notes are found at the end of each scene. Additional...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Romeo & Juliet: Act V, Scene Iii
A learning module that begins with "Romeo & Juliet: Act V, Scene III" by William Shakespeare, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Act Ii
Ninth graders read Act II of Romeo and Juliet and deepen their understanding about characters and themes in the play by examining Shakespeare's use of images.