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Orlando Shakes
Two Gentlemen of Verona
What teenager can't relate to the drama of a love triangle? Scholars put their literary skills to use in a gripping role-play drama. William Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona unfolds as the classroom becomes a stage of...
National Arts Centre
Create a Set Design
Groups create a set for a play or story they select, build a model, and share their stage with the class. The team explains the rationale for their choices and the mood they feel their staging creates.
First Stage
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Charlie Brown may not feel the Christmas spirit this year, but your elementary students can use the season to practice important cross-curricular skills! A set of worksheets and activities based on A Charlie Brown Christmas guide...
PBS
Broadway and The American Dream
Considering a unit study of American Musical Theatre? What better way to start than at the very beginning. Eight pairs of cards provide class members with background information about the genre from 1893 through 2004. The cards are...
Curated OER
"West Side Story"
In this music history worksheet, students discover the musical "West Side Story" by first reading a summary of the plot. Students answer 5 questions about the story line. Students then read and analyze the lyrics to "America" and discuss...
Curated OER
Prepositions and Preposition Checkup
Polish preposition usage with this practical grammar reference sheet and exercise. This hand-out provides a brief breakdown of when to use the basic prepositions at, on, in and to as well as example sentences that include these basic...
Curated OER
D-Day Student Worksheet
In this World War II worksheet, learners read a 1-page selection about D-Day, examine the listed Internet sources on the topic, and then respond to 8 short answer questions about the information presented.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1844 1877: Later Stages of the Civil War 1863
In the year 1863, US General Ulysses S. Grant succeeds in securing the western theatre of war and moves east to take on Robert E. Lee. [5 min, 51 sec]
National Arts Centre (Canada)
Arts Alive: English Theatre
ArtsAlive provides a detailed look into world of professional theatre. Thematically organized content walks through all the processes involved in "transforming a play from the page to the stage," including playwriting, directing, acting,...
University of California
Online English: The Hamlet Module: u.c. Davis
Learn more about Shakespeare's "Hamlet," when you visit this online English Module.