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How to Read Shakespeare: Five Easy to Use Strategies
Reading Shakespeare is always a little intimidating, especially it's your first dive into the play. But with a few easy to implement tips and tricks, you can read some of the greatest works ever written with less frustration and more...
Schooling Online
Shakespeare Today: Macbeth - Theme of Appearance Vs Reality
Watch this lesson today to discover how Shakespeare explores the tension between appearances and reality. See how Macbeth takes place in a world full of chaos, where what is real often turns out to be very different to how it first...
Cerebellum
Understanding Macbeth: The Second Visit To The Witches
Macbeth tells the story of a good man gone bad, driven to murder by ugly ambition and fueled by a power-hungry wife. Macbeth goes to visit the witches and ghosts tell him to be wary of Macduff and also that Macbeth himself is invincible....
Cerebellum
Understanding Macbeth: King Duncan's Murder
Macbeth tells the story of a good man gone bad, driven to murder by ugly ambition and fueled by a power-hungry wife. Macbeth goes to murder King Duncan. Lady Macbeth helps her husband bury the murder weapons. This video is part 3 of the...
Schooling Online
Shakespeare Today: Macbeth - Act 2 Summary
Macbeth agonises over whether to kill King Duncan - then in the middle of the night, he brutally stabs the king. The next morning, chaos ensues when Duncan is found dead. Will Macbeth get away with his terrible crime? Watch our summary...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Steven Kolber - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - Australia
Steven Kolber was a top 50 finalist for the 2021 Global Teacher Prize. With parents who valued education, it was perhaps inevitable Melbourne English and history teacher Steven Kolber would enter the profession, which he credits with...
Cerebellum
The Elements Of Drama - Plot And Genre
The Elements of Drama - The wonderful world of drama comes alive in The Elements of Drama, as the young host and hostess take viewers on a journey through the works of such famous playwrights as William Shakespeare. Colorful graphics and...
Cerebellum
Understanding Macbeth: Lady Macbeth Wants To Kill The King
Macbeth tells the story of a good man gone bad, driven to murder by ugly ambition and fueled by a power-hungry wife. Lady Macbeth recieves a letter from her husband telling her about what they said. She wants to kill the King so that she...
Cerebellum
Understanding Macbeth: The Culmination Of Macbeth's Actions
Macbeth tells the story of a good man gone bad, driven to murder by ugly ambition and fueled by a power-hungry wife. Lady Macbeth guilty about the Kings murder commits suicide. Macbeth hears of the English army advancing on his castle....
Curated Video
Congress debates next steps after Mueller probe
Attorney General William Barr has made his determination about special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation . Now Democrats want to make their own.
Curated Video
Congress debates next steps after Mueller probe
Attorney General William Barr has made his determination about special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation . Now Democrats want to make their own.
Curated Video
Congress debates next steps after Mueller probe
Attorney General William Barr has made his determination about special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation . Now Democrats want to make their own.
British Council
Lady Macbeth 2: Unchecked Ambition
Can unchecked ambition, as is the case in MacBeth, have disastrous consequences? A video and accompanying activities, part of the Shakespeare English Exercises series, discusses the topic while also teaching key English skills. The...
British Council
Lady Macbeth 1: Top Dog
Who wears the pants in the Macbeth family? Many would argue it's not the Thane of Cawdor, but his wife, Lady Macbeth. As part of the Shakespeare English Exercises series, a video and connected lessons discuss the power and influence...
TED-Ed
Why Should You Read "Macbeth"?
All is fair in motivating readers. And something wickedly wonderful comes from using a short introductory video to double readers' enjoyment of Shakespeare's tragedy about the ambitious Thane of Glamis. It is a tale told by a genius.
Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library: Folger Podcasts: An Insider's Guide: Macbeth
An audio discussion of the plot, themes, and characters of Shakespeare's Macbeth, interspersed with actors performing pieces from the play. [10:00]
TES Global
Tes: Performance Video: Macbeth (2011): Act 2, Scene 2
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is Act 2, Scene 2 of the Royal Shakespeare Company's (2011) production of Shakespeare's Macbeth. It features Macbeth in a very distressed state upon his return from killing the king and Lady...
TES Global
Tes: Performance Video: Macbeth (2004): Act 3, Scene 2 (1)
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is Act 3, Scene 2 of the Royal Shakespeare Company's (2004) production of Shakespeare's Macbeth. After the king is dead, Lady Macbeth says "What's done is done." While Macbeth says they must...
TES Global
Tes: Macbeth: Interview With Justin Kurzel
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a short video interview with Justin Kurzel, director of Macbeth (2015) who discusses the play re-imagined as a western to engage with young people [1:16] The play is available to download at...
Crash Course
Crash Course Literature #409: Free Will, Witches, Murder, and Macbeth, Part 1
The Sound! The Fury! In this episode, John talks about Shakespeare's Scottish play, Macbeth. So, was Macbeth really predestined to do all the murdering and bad kinging and other terrible stuff? That's the big question in Macbeth, and...
Crash Course
Crash Course Literature #410: Gender, Guilt and Fate Macbeth, Part 2
In this episode, John Green continues to talk about Shakespeare's dark, bloody, Scottish play, Macbeth. This time around, we're looking at the play's characters operate, how the play deals with gender and the Macbeth as an early...
EL Education
El Education: Citing Evidence From Complex Text (Vimeo)
During this 10th grade reading lesson, students in Julia St. Martin's Springfield Renaissance School class in Springfield, MA engage in a structured, evidence-based discussion about Shakespeare's Macbeth. Students engage in close...