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.
Organization for Community Networks
Ofcn: Macbeth
Have you ever read any of Shakespeare's work that you don't quite understand? This site features a lesson plan for "Macbeth" that will help your students understand and enjoy his work.
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Surfing With the Bard Lesson Plans: As You Like It
Delve into the world of Shakespeare's "As You Like It" when you visit this lesson plan. This lesson plan focuses on introducing you to the four central characters.
Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library: Teaching Modules: Hamlet
Lesson plan asks students to learn about patterns of imagery in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" through online resources.
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...
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: 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.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Intro to Julius Caesar Using Universal Theme Analysis
In this 4-session lesson, students explore the theme of betrayal from different perspectives in their own lives and in modern scenarios through discussions and activities where they create and talk about comic strip scenarios. They...
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.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Poems About Ages and Stages
William Shakespeare's "The Seven Ages of Man" pointed out how life happens in stages. Modeling the Bard himself and Harry Chapin's "Cat's In The Cradle", which breaks a father-son relationship into four stages (verses), each student will...
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.
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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.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Romeo and Juliet for a Digital Age
Interesting lesson which allows students to relate more fully to this work of Shakespeare by rewriting and recreating scenes with modern, digital devices in mind (cell phones, computers, etc.). Excellent and interactive lesson plan.
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Scholastic
Scholastic: Richard Iii Character Study: Determined to Be a Villain [Pdf]
Four PDF formated pages with stand-alone lessons about a couple of passages from Shakespeare's "Richard III." Two pages are lesson plans, and two pages are handouts.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Remember Me: Retribution and Reconciliation in Hamlet
Examine the parent and child relationship through Shakespeare's "Hamlet." This lesson plan features insight into the purpose of the ghost's appearance during the play.
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.
Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library: Lesson Plans: A Boxful of Character
A character-in-a-box lesson plan in which students choose everyday items and put them in a box to represent facets, traits, or other aspects of a character that can be supported with excerpts from the text.
TES Global
Tes: The Merchant of Venice: Introduction Lesson
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a PowerPoint lesson plan including teaching the historical context of The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare.
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...
Yale University
Yale National Initiative:take a Stab at It: Exploring Character in Julius Caesar
This curriculum unit guides students in a deep investigation of the characters in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, and in developing an appreciation of Shakespeare's talent for language and his insightful understanding of human...
International Reading Association
Reading Online: Double, Double, Not Much Toil, Not Much Trouble
Ideas for introducing Shakespeare and his plays to middle school young scholars.
British Library
British Library: Teaching Resources: Twelfth Night: Festive Comedy, Gender & Confusion
The ideas contained in these teacher notes are intended to present a range of creative activities to assist the development of independent research. It is hoped they will reinforce work undertaken collaboratively in class and develop...
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Steilacoom Historical School District No. 1: Dramatic Justice [Pdf]
In this lesson unit, learners investigate how justice is perceived and addressed in different cultures and times by examining literature from around the world. Texts examined include: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, A Sport of Nature by...
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