Shakespeare Home Page
Shakespeare Intro Presentation: Click Here.
Character Name Tag, full screen: click here.
Click here to post your thoughts on Shakespeare.
Useful links to explore:
Complete Shakespeare: Recommended for ease of use and helpful images, glossary, summaries, and notes.
Complete Shakespeare: Link to the digital text of all Shakespeare's work--recommended if using on a iPad or iPhone--very basic text.
Shakespeare Apps: Check out this resource for the best iPad/Android apps for Shakespeare.
Shakespeare Hip-Hop App: This app is available on Google Play (search for RE: Shakespeare) is phenomenal. Exploring the disses and insults, incorporating beatbox, it's beastly.
Complete Shakespeare AUDIO!: Free iTunes downloads of all of Shakespeare's plays...way cool.
Sparknotes: No Fear Shakespeare (No Fear Shakespeare puts Shakespeare's language side-by-side with a facing-page translation into modern English—the kind of English people actually speak today.)
Shakespeare Uncovered: (from PBS) Use this site to access great resources on Shakespeare, view interesting documentaries, and learn a lot about Shakespeare!
First Folio--The Original Publication: This a searchable, readable, zoomable first edition of all of Shakespeare's works when they first came out in 1623. The spelling is a bit strange, but for the history/Shakespeare buffs out there, it's the holy grail. A copy of this book is valued at approximately 6-7 MILLION dollars!
Rare Manuscripts: View this website to see the earliest editions of Shakespeare's plays.
Shakespeare History Fair--Use these helpful sites for your research for the Shakespeare History Fair presentations:
Study Tips for Shakespeare: How to get started with Shakespeare, great intro before you start reading Shakespeare on your own.
Shakespeare in the News: This webpage I created houses a running collection of current events related to Shakespeare and examples of Shakespeare in the news. He's still relevant, even after 400 years!
Stephen Greenblatt Intro: A great interview with Shakespearean scholar from Harvard University about the life of Shakespeare
Dr. Marjorie Garber Lectures: These lectures are given by Harvard professor and author of a fantastic book, Shakespeare After All. If you really want to go deep into some of his plays, check out these free lectures from Harvard University.
20 Words We Owe to Shakespeare: Shakespeare coined thousands of new words in his play. These are 20 of the most well-known. Check it out.
Folger Library: The largest library of all things Shakespeare in the world--here in the U-S of A! (Washington, D.C)
American Shakespeare Center: The premier place for all things Shakespeare here in the States...
American Shakespeare Center Teacher Resources: Including study guides, etc.--Really cool website!
Royal Shakespeare Company: The "official" acting troupe of Shakespeare's plays--performing in London, this constantly changing group is phenomenal.
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust: the world’s leading charity in promoting the life and works of William Shakespeare--focus on his birthplace and his wife's
Globe Theater: Official website to the "official" Theater of Shakespeare--includes cool tours, fascinating info, and rockin' graphics
Globe Theater Informational: Site created by Univ. of Georgia to learn more about the Globe Theater--particularly useful for its info on the architecture of the original theater
Shakespeare Timeline Exactly what it sounds like. Click on the link, look at a timeline of Shakespeare's life.
The Documents: This site documents every known document during Shakespeare's time that proves his existence and his life. This is the ONLY written evidence of Shakespeare.
Shakespeare was Shakespeare: The definitive proof that William Shakespeare wrote the plays of William Shakespeare.
The "Authorship" Controversy: Comprehensive site detailing why scholars know Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare and not any one else.
Original Pronunciation: This video explains how Shakespeare was originally pronounced. More interesting than it sounds, I promise.
Shakespeare and Hip-Hop: Video explaining the connections.
Shakespeare Lexicon: A searchable database of words and vocabulary during the time period.
Shakespearean Language: Short video about the innovations of Shakespeare's language.
Why Shakespeare? An interesting video with various big-name stars, explaining why Shakespeare is still important and relevant.
Shakespearean Insults: He was the king of slam. Learn from the master in this provocative video.
Recommended Reading: This phenomenal site gives the 100+ books to read about Shakespeare from a leading scholar. Hands down the best site available.
Shakespeare Reference Page: This is a great site from fellow AP teacher Ms. Hogue with her own list of great references and useful links.
Shakespeare Blog: Wonderful blog about all things Shakespeare, very current and very thorough.
Specific works we'll read, follow the link to find a custom webpage created for each:
Before we really begin Shakespeare's plays in earnest, I'd like us to have a little discussion about our background knowledge, what we expect, and what we hope for as we read Shakespeare.
I'd like you to choose one or more of the following questions to guide you in writing an original and substantive discussion post this week. Make sure your posts are a minimum of five to eight sentences at least.
Post this by no later than Thursday.
Also, make sure that everything you write in your original post is from your head already. I don't want you to research these answers, I want you to write about what you already know. Thanks.
1. What do you know about Shakespeare already?
2. What memories, for good or bad, do you have with reading Shakespeare?
3. What have you read already by Shakespeare? What do you remember?
4. Why do you think we require ALL students to read Shakespeare? Is it academic hazing? Is it just a rite of passage? Is there something universal or beautiful about it?
5. Why does Shakespeare still matter?
All assignments are attached below: