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Universal Teacher

Moore's Teacher Resources: Studying "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An excellent site from the UK that analyzes the Shakespearean comedy. Includes a comparison to "Romeo and Juliet," an analysis on the nature of love, stagecraft ideas, and thematic elements.
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Pas De Deux: It Takes Two

For Students 9th - 10th
In ballet, a pas de deux is a dance duet in which two dancers perform ballet steps together. But the pas de deux is not just a dance of love. Let's explore examples of the "love dance" in three ballets: Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake, and...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Shakespeare Uncovered: Collection

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
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:...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Summarizing by Text Messaging Shakespeare

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This is a lesson in how to summarize a play by William Shakespeare, in this case Romeo and Juliet, by writing a 140-character text message for each selection that students are assigned to read. The text messages are sent to a website,...
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TES Global

Blendspace: What Is the Main Idea and Supporting Details?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A twelve-part learning module with links to videos, texts, and images that explore the idea of love to go along with William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
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Other

Self knowlege.com: Works of Shakespeare

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Listing of links from SelfKnowlege.com to texts of selected Shakespeare works including "Romeo and Juliet", "Macbeth", "Sonnet to Sundry Notes of Music", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", and many more. Over 40 titles. Also contains...
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Tragedies

For Students 9th - 10th
From Hamlet's melancholy to Juliet's eloquence; and from Othello's misunderstanding to Doctor Faustus's damnation, discover the richness of Shakespearean and Renaissance tragedies.
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Library of Congress

Loc: West Side Story: Birth of a Classic

For Students 9th - 10th
View the online exhibit featuring photographs, documents--opening night telegraphs, letters, notes by Jerome Robbins and Leonard Bernstein, set designs--and other items such as posters, DVD covers, and a pair of slippers worn in the...
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Other

Matewan Online: The Hatfield and Mc Coy Feud

For Students 9th - 10th
Part history, part folklore, what is the real story of the Hatfields and McCoys? Site provides the story of the American Romeo and Juliet and an excellent study of American folk culture. Go to other areas of this site for more history of...
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TES Global

Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: Themes: Love

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of resources for exploring how romantic love and lovers feature in Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. It includes video clips, Shakespeare's sonnets, and teacher resources.
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TES Global

Tes: Shakespeare's Plays

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This collection of resources includes a diverse range of creative materials for teaching some of Shakespeare's most widely-taught plays. They offer practical approaches and encourage students to make...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Tales From Shakespeare

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Bibliomania provides great information on Charles Lamb's Shakespeares works. Includes a brief summary, then lists his famous plays, and each has a summary that can be accessed by clicking on the corresponding link. This is...
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University of Victoria (Canada)

University of Victoria: Shakespeare's Life and Times

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Shakespeare Resource Center: Shakespeare's Grammar

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains an introduction to Shakespeare's grammar and sections on his works, play synopses, Elizabethan England, and more.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Tales From Shakespeare, by Charles and Mary Lamb

For Students 9th - 10th
Mary Lamb, with the editorial help of her brother, Charles, rewrote twenty of Shakespeare's plays into stories for children. This is a copy of the tex which introduced Shakespeare to many people of all ages throughout the nineteenth and...
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PBS

Pbs: In Search of Shakespeare: Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Explore this comprehensive site featuring lesson plans about Shakespeare's plays and life in Elizabethan England.
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: William Shakespeare

For Students 9th - 10th
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.)
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Authors: Charles and Mary Lamb

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the author Charles and Mary Lamb including the full text of The Shakespeare Tales, a collection of Shakespeare's plays rewritten for young readers.
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Other

Hatfield Mc Coy Feud

For Students 9th - 10th
The famous Hatfield and McCoy feud is presented, as told from the perspective of Roseanna McCoy. Their story is the "Romeo and Juliet" of Appalachia.
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Other

Hatfield Mc Coy Feud

For Students 9th - 10th
The famous Hatfield and McCoy feud -- told from the perspective of Roseanna McCoy. Their story is the "Romeo and Juliet" of Appalachia. Great piece of Americana.
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Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Working With Shakespeare

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This site introduces Shakespeare as a poet and dramatist. Come and learn more about his life and work through this informative resource, which includes a sonnet worksheet, bibliography, activities, and more.
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Shakespeare Resource Center: Shakespeare's Grammar

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a searchable glossary of over 2100 words from Shakespeare's works.
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Other

Uwm Libraries: All About William Shakespeare

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
University of Wisconsin's "Classic Text: Traditions and Interpretations" takes you through page after page of interesting, easy-to-read information regarding Shakespeare's life and works. Excellent resource.

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