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TES Global

Tes: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Rsc Themes Reference

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This Royal Shakespeare Company teacher reference page provides a list of the themes and motifs in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream along with specific locations of where they are used.
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TES Global

Tes: A Midsummer Night's Dream 2011 Teacher Pack (Shakespeare Unlocked)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This teacher resource for Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, from the Royal Shakespeare Company, includes an introduction to each of the three scenes, ideas for before and after film viewing, and...
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TES Global

Tes: A Midsummer Night's Dream Intro Lesson Shakespeare

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a comprehensive lesson plan for A Midsummer Night's Dream including various activities, summaries, characters, assignments, and websites to view an animated version of the film.
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Tes: Rsc: A Midsummer Night's Dream: 'Schools' Synopsis by Rebecca Lenkiewicz

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a printable synopsis of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream from the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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TES Global

Tes: A Midsummer Night's Dream So W

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a teacher guide with various lessons, worksheets, and activities to teach Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Literature Library: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Great reading guide for "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare. Provides pre-reading material, including an author bio, play introduction, vocabulary lists, and journaling activities, as well as charting and brainstorming...
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Shakespeare a Midsummer Nights Dream

For Students 9th - 10th
Here, read the text to Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." The text to this comedy, which is organized by scene, is accompanied by an introduction which briefly discusses the play's humour, possible sources, and plot.
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BBC

Bbc: Shakespeare Unlocked: A Midsummer Night's Dream [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A Midsummer Night's Dream Teacher Pack (lesson unit). Shakespeare Unlocked brings Shakespeare's most popular plays to life for young people by showing how actors and directors work to interpret and take ownership of Shakespeare's text....
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Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream in the Classroom

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a passage for those who wish to learn through A Midsummer Night's Dream to build bridges between real life concerns and this play, as it was in Shakespeare's time. Gives character profiles and outlines their problems in the...
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TES Global

Tes: Advice for Directing Your School Play Using a Midsummer Night's Dream

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This Royal Shakespear Company teacher resource focuses on how to direct A Midsummer Night's Dream as a school play. It offers advice and provides a short summary of each scene followed by questions...
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Shakespeare Online

Shakespeare Online: A Midsummer Night's Dream

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Access lines and staging prompts for scenes from William Shakespeare's comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream. The scenes are displayed according to act with the setting included. Extensive explanatory notes and additional resources are also...
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British Library

British Library: Teaching Resources: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Dreams, Illusion and Doubling

For Students 9th - 10th
In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare explores and reflects upon Elizabethan debates around the nature of dreams. These activities revolve around how the structure, characters and themes in A Midsummer Night's Dream reflect this...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Shakespeare's a Midsummer Night's Dream: Conflict Resolution

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, students will consider William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream: Conflict Resolution and Happy Endings. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab. The activities in this...
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: A Midsummer Night's Dream

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an overview of the play "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare and view additional resources such as articles, collection items, and teacher resources.
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University of Victoria (Canada)

Internet Shakespeare Editions: "A Midsumer Night's Dream"

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Victoria provides an index to Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Contains Quarto text (1600) and Folio text (1623) divided into acts and scenes, divided into pages, and as a single long file.
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TES Global

Tes: Shakespeare on Screen: A Midsummer Night's Dream

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This article focuses on Shakespeare's comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream, one of his greatest masterpieces, was believed to have been written in 1595-96. The article discusses its origins and various...
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TES Global

Tes: A Midsummer Night's Dream 2011 Text Extracts (Shakespeare Unlocked)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a printable copy of excerpts from the play A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare

For Students 9th - 10th
Selected (6) reading passages (grades 7-10) to pair with the drama "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare. The overlapping story of several couples and the inevitably complicated road to love encompasses a play within a play,...
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Tes: Midsummer Night's Dream: Magic Flower Task

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this activity, students design an advertisement for a magic flower like Oberon does in A Midsummer Night's Dream. They begin by answering questions as to product name, what it does, how it works, the...
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Tes: A Midsummer Night's Dream Gallery: The Mechanicals

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a slide show of Royal Shakespeare Company production photos of "The Mechanicals" in A Midsummer Night's Dream which can be used to compare interpretations and to spark discussion.
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TES Global

Tes: A Midsummer Night's Dream Image Gallery: Bottom

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a slide show of photos from Royal Shakespeare Company's productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream which are useful when comparing interpretations and to spark discussion.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why Should You Read "A Midsummer Night's Dream?"

For Students 9th - 10th
Iseult Gillespie shares what makes "A Midsummer Night's Dream?" a timeless classic.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Check out this site featuring lesson plans and other teaching ideas for William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." This site offers several links to informative resources.
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Folger Shakespeare Library

Folger Shakespeare Library: A Midsummer Night's Dream

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will compare and contrast the imagery from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" with other works of Shakespeare using online resources.