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Cherokee High: Throw a Wedding for Romeo and Juliet
This web quest is designed for a 9th grade English class to throw a Romeo and Juliet style wedding. The site has links for five different areas of wedding planning are given. Includes grading information and presentation details.
TES Global
Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: Themes: Love
[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.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: William Shakespeare
Watch "William Shakespeare- Mini Biography" to learn details about Shakespeare.
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Steilacoom Historical School District No. 1: Dramatic Justice [Pdf]
In this instructional activity unit, young scholars 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...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Romeo and Juliet for a Digital Age
Interesting lesson plan 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.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Shakespeare Uncovered: Collection
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:...
PBS
Pbs: In Search of Shakespeare: Lesson Plans
Explore this comprehensive site featuring lesson plans about Shakespeare's plays and life in Elizabethan England.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
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...
Absolute Shakespeare
Absolute Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet Commentary
Each act of the famous play is explained here, with plenty of references to specific lines and quotations.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Introduction to Romeo and Juliet
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a introduction to William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. It includes biographical information on the time period and Shakespeare himself, information about the play, vocabulary and...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Summarizing by Text Messaging Shakespeare
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,...
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: William Shakespeare
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.)
University of Victoria (Canada)
University of Victoria: Shakespeare's Life and Times
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
This site contains an introduction to Shakespeare's grammar and sections on his works, play synopses, Elizabethan England, and more.
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Tales From Shakespeare
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...
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Tales From Shakespeare, by Charles and Mary Lamb
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...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Sentence Structure
We will analyze the structure of a sentence from "After 450 Years, We Still Don't Know the True Value of Shakespeare" to determine how understanding the sentence deepens our understanding of the text.
TES Global
Tes: Guide to Shakespeare for Gcse English Enrichment
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource provides teacher guides to 10 film adaptations of Shakespeare plays to teach students to become critical viewers including Macbeth, Lion King, She's the Man, Caesar Must Die, William...
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Romeo and Juliet
Resources for Romeo and Juliet consist of a summary, analysis of themes and characters, a list of questions, and teacher resources. Each of the Acts and Scenes are discussed in great detail. An excellent set of questions is also included.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Romeo and Juliet Theme of Love
The theme of love is discussed in this site along with a series of questions related to this topic.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Shakespeare site that includes the texts of all of Shakespeare's plays. Shakespeare's other work is listed, but texts are not available. RL.11-12.10a/b Text Complexity
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Working With Shakespeare
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
This site provides a searchable glossary of over 2100 words from Shakespeare's works.
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Uwm Libraries: All About William Shakespeare
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.