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Royal Shakespeare Company

Royal Shakespeare Company: Teacher's Pack: All's Well That Ends Well [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Anyone who is teaching Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well will find this collection of resources useful. Included in the pack are sections on putting the play in the context of its time, other background material about the play, and...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: The Tempest by William Shakespeare: The Play

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces the play The Tempest by William Shakespeare and Shakespeare's Language. It offers links to background information about the play, a study guide, a website about the play, and an article about Shakespearian...
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Other

Stratford Shakespeare Festival: Love's Labour's Lost 2015 Study Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Stratford Study Guide has a history of the Stratford Shakespeare Theatre, a biography of Shakespeare, a timeline of his playwriting, historical background about this play, a synopsis, discussion ideas, classroom activities, and a...
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TES Global

Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: Macbeth

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a complete set of resources to teach Shakespeare's Macbeth including lesson plans, character studies, activities, research, assessments, quizzes, and writing assignments.
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Other

Stratford Shakespeare Festival: Hamlet 2015 Study Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Stratford Study Guide has a history of the Stratford Shakespeare Theatre and its productions of Hamlet, a biography of Shakespeare, a timeline of his playwriting, a synopsis of the play, classroom activities, and a bibliography.
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Other

Stratford Shakespeare Festival: The Taming of the Shrew 2015 Study Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Stratford Study Guide has a history of the Stratford Shakespeare Theatre, a biography of Shakespeare, a timeline of his playwriting, historical background about The Taming of the Shrew, a synopsis, discussion ideas, classroom...
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Other

Stratford Shakespeare Festival: Macbeth 2016 Study Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Stratford Study Guide has a history of the Stratford Shakespeare Theatre, a biography of Shakespeare, a timeline of his playwriting, historical background about the play, a synopsis of the play, classroom activities and a bibliography.
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TES Global

Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: The Tempest

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a comprehensive lesson plan for teaching The Tempest including information about Elizabethan Theatre, the play, the theme of power and hierarchy, the setting, the characters, figurative...
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Folger Shakespeare Library

Folger Shakespeare Library: Study Guide: Macbeth

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive study guide for teaching Shakespeare's Macbeth. Includes the a synopsis, a character map, historical context, a thematic study, and pre/post viewing activities. Links to re-mixing scenes from Macbeth, and an insider's guide.
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Curated OER

Study Guide for the Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A well-written study guide for The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Includes a profile of William Shakespeare and background information about the play and its historical context. There are synopses of each act, discussions of literary devices,...
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Other

Paradigm Education: My Shakespeare: Julius Caesar Curriculum Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A curriculum guide for The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, with activities and ideas for each act of the play, as well as culminating essays and projects. Includes links to related sections of the play, which is accompanied by audio narration.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Metaphorically Speaking

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Two pages of lesson plans and two pages of handouts in PDF format about the use of figurative language in the works of Shakespeare. Designed for grades 6-8.
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TES Global

Tes: Shakespeare's Richard Iii and Henry v Image Bank

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is aVictoria and Albert Museum collection of images of Richard III and Henry V and artifacts used in the production of the plays. Ideas for discussion and activity accompany the collection.
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TES Global

Tes: Shakespeare's All the World's a Stage

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] These activities focus on understanding Shakespeare's language using Shakespeare's As You Like It's seven stages of a man's life and a storyboard.
PPT
TES Global

Tes: Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing Image Bank

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This image bank provides a slide show of two prints from the Victoria and Albert Museum of costumes from 19th century Shakespeare productions and ideas for discussion and teaching activities concerning...
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BBC

Bbc: 60 Second Shakespeare: Julius Caesar

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents The Tragedy of Julius Caesar summarized in a one-page newspaper. The 'All about writing' link at the bottom takes you to a page of learning activities, e.g., how to create a photo-story or how to write a script for a 60-second...
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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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TES Global

Tes: Romeo and Juliet Love Activity

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this activity, students learn to use the PEE (point, evidence, explain) model to study Love in Romeo and Juliet. They use a tracking worksheet to write down points showing Romeo and Juliet's feelings...
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Other

Shakespeare Is Elementary!

For Students 3rd - 8th
Designed as a resource for teaching Shakespeare to elementary students, this site includes student work, ideas for teachers, a PowerPoint of Shakespeare's life, some Shakespeare Web site links and recommended plays.
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TES Global

Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: Theme: Macbeth/julius Caesar

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a detailed lesson with activities concerning Macbeth's doubts and uncertainties over killing Duncan. The idea of this resource is to compare Macbeth's doubts about killing Duncan with Brutus'...
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TES Global

Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: Tudor Society

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This slide show and the activities that follow focus on investigating the homes of different social groups in 16th century Tudor England using the inventory, a new type of evidence which began about 1640.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: William Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site provides links to lesson plans, study guides, and other teaching resources for William Shakespeare's "Much Ado about Nothing."
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Literature Library: "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Reading guide to Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" with pre- and post-reading material, as well as brainstorming activities and writing prompts. Includes brief biography of Shakespeare, an introduction to the text, a preview of vocabulary,...
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University of Pennsylvania

English Renaissance in Context: King Lear

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Multimedia resource that examines the historical sources Shakespeare used when writing King Lear. Using primary source material, excerpts from the play are compared to its source documents. Questions are scattered among the material to...