All Shakespeare: 31 Websites to Fill Your Lessons With the Bard

 The Internet is loaded with information about Shakespeare. I have only tipped the iceberg with this list. Be sure and let me know if you are looking for specific resources for a certain subject area.


60 Second Shakespeare- students create their 60-second interpretation of Shakespeare; BBC site

Absolute Shakespeare- plays are listed by comedies, histories and tragedies; find study guides and trivia

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare- M.I.T. site

eNotes- study guides and lesson plans

Folger Shakespeare Library 

Free Kids Word Searches-Some Shakespeare Plays

In Search of Shakespeare- from PBS; covers grades K-12

Interactive Folio: Romeo and Juliet

Internet Shakespeare Editions-"The aim of the Internet Shakespeare Editions is to make scholarly, fully annotated texts of Shakespeare's plays available in a form native to the medium of the Internet. ... The Library itself will contain fully refereed materials only, and in due course will be the core of the Editions; at present, however, there are no fully developed texts yet available."

Learning Network Lesson Plan- from NY Times

Literary Criticism About William Shakespeare- lists critical, biographical and other sites

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet-includes a Shakespeare timeline, biography quiz and more

The Oxford Shakespeare- from Bartleby.com

Shakespeare Biography- LiveBinder

Shakespeare High- "your Shakespeare classroom on the Internet"

Shakespeare and His Critics- 17 resources are here, from essays to letters to directories

Shakespeare in the Classroom- from PBS;includes lessons for K-12, teaching Shakespeare with primary sources and much more

Shakespeare Internet Scavenger Hunt- for grades 9-12

Shakespeare is Elementary- "created by elementary students at Crichton Park School in Nova Scotia"

Shakespeare Study Guides- PDF downloads from the American Shakespeare Center

Shakespeare: Teacher Resources- from TeacherVision; nice listing includes lesson plans, printables, resources

Shakespeare's Characters Online Quiz

Shakespeare's Language- online etymology dictionary

Shakespeare's Most Popular Lines- list of 500

Shakespeare's Sonnets

Surfing the Bard- the Bard Zones include a discussion section, play listing and fun

The Taming of the Shrew Lesson Plan- 26 days of lessons includes PDF printables

TeachersFirst Shakespeare Resources- choose grade level and find podcasts, lessons

William Shakespeare Background Information and Teaching Ideas - from Web English Teacher

William Shakespeare PowerPoint Presentations

WordNet- a lexical database for the English language