Shakespeare
Study Guides
and Lesson Plans
for Teachers

These materials help teachers in planning their classroom use of instruction in Shakespeare. Geared primarily for English and literature teachers, these lesson plans also include information useful for dramatic instruction.

The book Teaching Shakespeare is a major contribution to the knowledge and expertise of all teachers of Shakespeare in schools, colleges and institutions of higher education. It makes explicit the principles of active learning that underpin Cambridge School Shakespeare and helps teachers develop their existing good practice. Practical examples are given from the plays most frequently used in schools, but Rex Gibson shows that the principles apply equally to the less frequently studied plays, thereby extending the canon of school Shakespeare.

Shakespeare Set Free
(for high school, college students, and adults)

A three-part series of books for the teacher written with the premise that the best way to teach Shakespeare is through performance.

The Shakespeare Set Free series is written by faculty and participants of the Teaching Shakespeare Institute at the Folger Shakespeare Library, the nation's most important center for Shakespeare study and scholarship. It resonates with fine recent scholarship, the energy created by teaching and learning Shakespeare actively, and the experience, wisdom, and wit of real classroom teachers in all kinds of schools and colleges all over the United States. In each volume you will find:

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Shakespeare Unit Plans on CD
for Middle School Students

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For Kids : Shakespeare Can Be Fun!
Series of books for ages 9 through 12 by Lois Burdett

Great series of books, both for classroom use and for home schoolers! Author Lois Burdett has been bringing Shakespeare to her elementary school students for 20 years. She is in great demand throughout North America for her workshops where she teaches how to familiarize young children with Shakespeare. Among other commendations, Lois Burdett has received the Encyclopedia Britannica's National Award for Early Childhood Education. She has also been instrumental in prompting teachers to incorporate Shakespeare into the curriculum of early grades, helping foster a love of serious literature to last a lifetime. Each book is 64 pages with wonderful illustrations, projects, and filled with love and excitement that will develop a life-long enthusiasm for Shakespeare in your child!
Available as paperback ($8.95 each) or library binding ($17.25 each).

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Ready-to-Use Activities for Teaching Shakespeare :
Shakespeare Teacher's Activity Library
For Middle School Students

A series of Shakespearean study guides from the Center for Applied Research in Education. Geared for the beginning English teacher of young adults. Each includes many activities geared for each act of the play, worksheets, quizzes, vocabulary lists and exercises, as well as the pre- and post-reading activities. Experience Shakespeare teacher may find this to be too basic, but it's indispensable for the starting teacher who might be a bit intimidated by Shakespeare. Makes it fun for the students and the teacher. Each book is over 270 pages and has a list price of $27.95

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Discovering Shakespeare: A Workbook for Students
From the Young Actors Series : Techniques and Resource
For Grades 7 and Up

Conceived and written by two classically trained American stage actors, these workbooks are a student's gateway to Shakespeare. The side-by-side presentation of the original language and a "translation" into the vernacular allows the student Grades 7 and up to quickly understand and appreciate the play.Includes extensive instruction about Shakespearean English and character analyses, stage directions and other performance information that will make these books indispensable to the teacher and beginning student of Shakespeare for either English or theater curricula. List price $19.95

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This handbook shows teachers how the language of Shakespeare's plays is an invaluable resource for aiding children's reading skills. The National Literacy Strategy Range of Reading for Year 6 includes where appropriate, study of a Shakespeare play. Stepping into Shakespeare provides attractive and suitable teaching materials to help teachers introduce their students to Shakespeare in a wide range of active ways. Such methods develop all aspects of students' literacy skills, understanding and practice; and the materials will release, resource and enhance students' imagination, appreciation and enjoyment. Spiralbound, 112 pages. List Price $41.95

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Unlocking Shakespeare (Grades 5 and Up) from Scholastic Trade