Students develop an appreciation for Shakespeare by researching the Elizabethan period and situations in the Twelfth Night. In this Shakespeare play lesson, students complete a 52 page packet to learn about the period of time and...

Julius Caesar need not be Greek to kids. The background information and suggestions for teachers, as well as the activities for learners, make this curriculum guide a must-have for your Shakespeare curriculum library.

You needn't beware using Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in your classroom. You, too, can be valiant and let loose your young actor's creativity, guided by the suggestions in a curriculum guide so filled with a delightful mix of elements...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This film guide to Shakespeare In Love offers before and after viewing discussion questions and a writing assignment for the film which is available free at www.intofilm.org.

[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.

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

[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson focuses on a study of the Shakespearean Language in Romeo & Juliet's meeting scene in Act 1 Scene 5 with activites such as writing text messages between lovers and the difference between...

[Free Registration/Login Required] The comedy Much Ado About Nothing, also known as Love's Labour's Won, looks at human relationships from the fiery love affair with Benedick and Beatrice to the filial obligations of Hero to Leonato....

[Free Registration/Login Required] This collection of resources focuses on Othello, Shakespeare's classic story of jealousy, love, and betrayal. It shows how race is represented in Shakespeare and in performance throughout history.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This collection of resources addresses the themes of violence, friendship, and family obligation in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, a tragic story of star-crossed lovers and the feud between their...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of resources to teach the comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream which is set in a forest at midsummer and follows a group of mismatched lovers through a night of fairy magic and...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a complete guide to teaching Othello including a short synopsis of each scene followed by questions, an essay assignment on themes, a dramatic function assignment, a glossary of literary terms...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This slide show introduces the assignment to compare Shakespeare's representation of love in Macbeth as compared to Romeo and Juliet. It provides a chart and quotes of love from Romeo and Juliet.

Shakespeare sometimes gets a bad rap in high schools for his complex plots and antiquated language. But a quick peek into the rhythm of his words reveals a poet deeply rooted in the way people spoke in his time- and still speak today....

[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson focuses on how Romeo and Juliet feel about love, sex, and marriage including explaining quotes by Juliet on the subject, tracking quotes said by other characters in the play on the subject,...

Selected (7) reading passages (grades 10-12) to pair with the drama "Othello" by William Shakespeare. Othello, a revered general of the Venetian army, has his newlywed wife meet him in Cyprus where he's stationed. But while there his...

This guide to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream began as the From Stage to Screen: Shakespeare and the World Wide Web project with the Moscow Alternative School Center in Idaho. This guide will walk you through the steps we took at...

Hazel has been diagnosed with cancer and has a sullen outlook on life. She meets Augustus, whose love and friendship brings her across the world and around again -- in more than one way. Selected (6) reading passages (grades 8-12) to...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource pack supports Royal Shakespeare Company's 2008 production of Romeo & Juliet but is appropriate for other versions as well. It focuses on Shakespeare's language: rhythm and word choice,...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource is a series of lessons and activities to aid in teaching Shakespeare's The Taming of The Shrew.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource provides activities for teaching the "Balcony Scene" of Romeo & Juliet including a video clip, text of parts of the scene, "as if" activities, and exploring the difference between...