General Links
Individual Plays - Links and Teacher Guides

General Links

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (http://www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/works.html)  The original electronic source for this server is the Complete Moby(tm) Shakespeare, which is freely available online.

Folger Library (http://www.folger.edu/)  A comprehensive site from the Washington, D.C. library that includes teaching ideas, performance schedules, books, fellowships, institutes, etch.

IPL Shakespeare Bookshelf (http://www.ipl.org/reading/shakespeare/shakespeare.html) The Internet Public Library's resources on Shakespeare.

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet (http://daphne.palomar.edu/shakespeare/) "This site attempts two things:
1. To be a complete annotated guide to the scholarly Shakespeare resources available on Internet. The navigation menu at left appears on each major page. Use it to access the resources indexed here.  The "Other" Sites page is a definite exception to the term "scholarly." Our newest feature is a listing of Shakespeare Festivals and 2. To present new Shakespeare material unavailable elsewhere on the Internet"

Shakespeare Authorship Page (http://www.clark.net/pub/tross/ws/will.html)  This page is dedicated to the proposition that Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare.  Includes extensive resources and links.

Shakespeare Classroom (http://www.jetlink.net/~massij/shakes/index.shtml#intro/)  This site has been created and is always under construction by Dr. J. Massi from Washington State University.  It includes a great deal of materials for teaching Shakespeare:  a section of FAQ's, study guides for many plays, and much more.  Interesting site that has been awarded prizes and featured by Joyce Valenza in the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Shakespeare's Globe (http://www.reading.ac.uk/globe/)  A website dedicated to the history of the original Globe Theater as well as the newly reconstructed Globe Theater in London.

Shakespeare Magazine (http://www.shakespearemag.com)  A resource for teachers that includes current issues and suggested lesson plans.

Shakespeare Web (http://www.shakespeare.com/)  An interactive, hypermedia environment dedicated to the increasingly popular understanding and enjoyment of Shakespeare's plays and other works.

Shakespeare Illustrated (http://www.cc.emory.edu/ENGLISH/classes/Shakespeare_Illustrated/Shakespeare.html) Shakespeare Illustrated, a work in progress, explores nineteenth-century paintings, criticism and productions of Shakespeare's plays and their influences on one another.

The Stratford-upon-Avon Guide to Shakespeare (http://www.stratford.co.uk/bard1.html)  A guide to Shakespeare, his life, and works with links to other sites.  Includes information on current events in Stratford-upon-Avon.
 

Study Questions for 25 Plays Written by Shakespeare (http://www.jetlink.net/~massij/wssq/index.shtml) Contains study questions from the award-winning site, The Shakespeare Classroom.

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Midsummer Teaching Guide (http://www.ulen.com/shakespeare/plays/mnd/mnd_guide.html) A study guide with teaching ideas from a school in Idaho.
As You Like It
Penguin Putnam's Teacher Guide to As You Like It (http://www.penguinputnam.com/academic/resources/guides/shakasyou/content.htm)
Hamlet
SCORE Teacher Cyberguide for Hamlet (http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/ham/hamtg.html)  "This Cyberguide is organized on the assumption that students are studying Hamlet as a core work of literature. The teacher may assign two-three students to complete one of these supplemental activities in rotation, while the rest of the class is engaged in other activities.There are six activities in all."
Julius Caesar
SCORE Teacher Cyberguide for Julius Caesar(http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/lausd/resources/shakespeare/caesarwebguide.html) "This unit assumes that William Shakespeare's Julius Cesar forms the core of the unit being taught and that students have access to the World Wide Web either at school or at home. The teacher may have each student working as an individual or opt to form groups wherein students are responsible for completing various parts of each activity."

Penguin Putnam's Teacher Guide to Julius Caesar http://www.penguinputnam.com/academic/resources/guides/shakes1/content.htm
 

King Lear
Penguin Putnam's Teacher Guide to King Lear http://www.penguinputnam.com/academic/resources/guides/shakes2/content.htm
Macbeth
Macbeth Site (http://tqd.advanced.org/2888/) An annotated, on-line version of the Shakespearean tragedy that includes related links and an e-text version of the play.

Creative Writing Ideas (http://www.kadets.d20.co.edu/shakespeare/txt/CW1.txt) A no-frills lesson plan that includes creative writing prompts appropriate for high school students.

Penguin Putnam's Teacher Guide to Macbeth (http://www.penguinputnam.com/academic/resources/guides/macbeth/content.htm)
 

Much Ado About Nothing
Penguin Putnam's Teacher Guide to Much Ado About Nothing (http://www.penguinputnam.com/academic/resources/guides/shakes3/content.htm)
Othello
Penguin Putnam's Teacher Guide to Othello (http://www.penguinputnam.com/academic/resources/guides/shakoth/content.htm)
Richard III
Penguin Putnam's Teacher Guide to Richard III (http://www.penguinputnam.com/academic/resources/guides/richard/content.htm)
Romeo and Juliet
SCORE Teacher Cyberguide for Romeo and Juliet (http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/lausd/resources/shakespeare/webguide.html)  "This unit assumes that William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet forms the core of the unit being taught and that students have access to the World Wide Web either at school or at home. The teacher may have each student working as an individual or opt to form groups wherein specific members are responsible for completing Activities 1 and 2, respectively, and all members are responsible for the final product (Activity 3)."

Penguin Putnam's Teacher Guide to Romeo and Juliet http://www.penguinputnam.com/academic/resources/guides/shakrome/content.htm

Romeo and Juliet Luhrmann Film Review (http://www.panix.com/~bfrazer/flicker/williams.html) An interesting, rather detailed review of the 1995 Luhrmann film version of the work.  Worth reading for teachers and students.

Taming of the Shrew
Penguin Putnam's Teacher Guide to Taming of the Shrew (http://www.penguinputnam.com/academic/resources/guides/shakes4/content.htm)
The Tempest
SCORE Teacher Cyberguide for The Tempest (http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/tempest/temptg.html) "This supplementary unit may begin after reading The Tempest. Students may work as individuals, or in small groups. The
Student Activities are designed so that they do not have to be done in sequence. Teachers may ask students to do all of the activities, or each activity may be considered as a single extension activity."

Penguin Putnam's Teacher Guide to The Tempest (http://www.penguinputnam.com/academic/resources/guides/shaktemp/content.htm)
 

Twelfth Night
Penguin Putnam's Teacher Guide to Twelfth Night
http://www.penguinputnam.com/academic/resources/guides/shaktwelfth/content.htm