Shakespearean+and+Elizabethan+Stage


 * Elizabethan Period**

=**2015 Links**=

http://globalshakespeares.mit.edu/# The Global Shakespeares Video & Performance Archive is a collaborative project providing online access to performances of Shakespeare from many parts of the world as well as essays and metadata by scholars and educators in the field.
 * MIT Global Shakespears**

http://www.folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=588 Presents tips for teaching Shakespeare to young pupils; Folger also offers a bevy of teaching resources, including modules, curriculum guides, guides for ESL students, and information on deconstructing sonnets or plays.
 * Folger Shakespeare for Kids**

http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/
 * Shakespeare's Globe**

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/shakespeare-uncovered/
 * PBS Shakespeare Uncovered**

//The Sonnet Project// http://ow.ly/FW4KQ The Sonnet Project is a massive multimedia exploration of Shakespeare's great poems. We are creating 154 short films, one for each sonnet. Each video stars a different actor and is filmed at a different iconic or historic location in NYC.
 * Itunes Free Apps for Shakespeare**

//Shakespeare Insult Creator// http://ow.ly/FW9fm

//AML: App: Shakespearean Insults// http://ow.ly/FW9t6

From Shakespeare to George Bernard Shaw to more contemporary playwrights, visit these sites.
 * 1) ** [|ReadBookOnline.net]  **: Here you can read plays by Chekhov, Thomas Hardy, Ben Jonson, Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe and others.
 * 2) ** [|Plays]  **: Read // Pygmalion //, // Uncle Vanya // or // The Playboy of the Western World // here.
 * 3) ** [|The Complete Works of William Shakespeare]  **: MIT has made available all of Shakespeare’s comedies, tragedies, and histories.
 * 4) ** [|Plays Online]  **: This site catalogs “all the plays [they] know about that are available in full text versions online for free.”
 * 5) ** [|ProPlay]  **: This site has children’s plays, comedies, dramas and musicals.


 * General**
 * European History (Multnomah Library--great starting point!) http://www.multcolib.org/homework/eurohist.html
 * Spartacus Educational http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/TUDtheatre.htm
 * http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/
 * William Shakespeare Resources - http://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/resources/


 * Read/print any of Shakespeare’s plays scene by scene or in its entirety. http://www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/
 * Plot summaries, character analysis, and a link to the poem Romeus and Juliet www.clicknotes.com/romeo/index.html
 * Absolute Shakespeare, the essential resource for William Shakespeare’s plays, sonnets, poems, quotes, biography, and the legendary Globe Theatre http://absoluteshakespeare.com/
 * The Folger Library’s internet guide to Shakespeare for Teachers and Students http://www.folger.edu/index.cfm
 * PBS’s Guide to Shakespeare in the Classroom http://www.pbs.org/shakespeare/educators/index.html
 * Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet -- easy navigation for students. http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/
 * “Shakespeare High in the Classrooom” -- easy navigation for students. http://www.shakespearehigh.com/classroom/index.shtml

Shakespeare Resource Center - The Language of Shakespeare: http://www.bardweb.net/words.html Reading Shakespeare's Plays - His Language: http://www.intel.com/education/unitplans/shakespeare/lessonplans/shakespeare_language.htm Will's Words (online game): http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/merchant/words.html The Shakespeare Glossary: http://www.ulen.com/shakespeare/students/guide/page3.html @http://shakespeare.about.com/library/blglossary.htm?terms=glossary Web English Teacher: Just for Fun - Puns: http://www.webenglishteacher.com/puns.html Playing With Puns: http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2163/ Puns and Paradoxes in [|Hamlet]: @http://www.clicknotes.com/hamlet/Pap.html


 * //For Shakespeare Links// - http://hudsonshakespeare.org/Home/shakespeare_studies.htm
 * **Sites on Shakespeare and the Renaissance [| http://ise.uvic.ca/Annex/ShakSites1.html]**
 * Sixteenth Century Background: Luminarium [| http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/renaissanceinfo.htm]
 * Alchemy Web Site and Virtual Library [| http://www.levity.com/alchemy/]
 * [|BBC: Inside Tudors]
 * British History [| http://britannia.com/history/]
 * City Life [| http://web.uvic.ca/shakespeare/Library/SLT/society/citylifesubj.html]
 * [| The Costume Gallery's Online Library: 1500s Sites]
 * Elizabethan England (student site, use for links) http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/schools/springfield/eliz/elizabethanengland.html
 * [| Elizabethan Fencing]
 * Crime and Punishment in Elizabethan England http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/punishment.htm
 * Elizabethan Heraldry - http://elizabethan.org/heraldry/
 * Elizabethan Life in Britain [| http://www.britainexpress.com/History/Elizabethan_life.htm]
 * Grey Company Trebuchet Page (medieval siege engine) [| http://members.iinet.net.au/~rmine/gctrebs.html]
 * Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments - http://www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/instrumt.html
 * History of Costume (illustrations) [| http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/COSTUME8_INDEX.HTML]
 * Labyrinth [| http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/]
 * *Life in Elizabethan England: Compendium of Common Knowledge (1558-1603) - http://elizabethan.org/compendium/home.html
 * Luminarium: Renaissance http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/
 * Medieval Warfare [| http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/MEDTwarfare.htm]
 * Legends: Swashbucklers and Fops [| http://www.legends.dm.net/swash/rapier.html]
 * Modern History Sourcebooks (Description of Elizabethan England--primary sources on many topics!)
 * [| http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1577harrison-england.html]
 * Poverty in Elizabethan England [| http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/tudors/poverty_03.shtml]
 * Queen Elizabeth I: Life and Times [| http://www.elizabethi.org/]
 * Renaissance, the Elizabethan World [| http://www.renaissance.dm.net/]
 * Renaissance and Baroque Architecture [| http://www.lib.virginia.edu/dic/colls/arh102/index.html]
 * Renaissance and Rebirth in Europe [| http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance]
 * Renaissance Image Gallery [| http://www.english.upenn.edu/~bushnell/english-101/gallery.html]
 * Renaissance Faire: Elizabethan Period History [| http://www.renfaire.com/History/index.html]
 * Renaissance Society [| http://web.uvic.ca/shakespeare/Library/SLT/society/societysubj.html]
 * Renaissance, the Elizabethan World [| http://www.renaissance.dm.net/]
 * Shakespeare and Renaissance Sites [| http://web.uvic.ca/shakespeare/Annex/ShakSites1.html]
 * Theatre History on the Web: Elizabethan [| http://www.videoccasions-nw.com/history/jweliz.html]
 * Tower of London [| http://www.tower-of-london.com/]
 * Tudor England [| http://englishhistory.net/tudor.html]
 * Tudor History [| http://www.tudorhistory.org/]
 * Elizabethan executions - http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-executions.htm
 * A Journey through the Renaissance - http://library.thinkquest.org/C005356/index2.htm
 * Web Museum: La Renaissance [| http://sunsite.unc.edu/wm/paint/glo/renaissance/]
 * Welcome to the Renaissance, the Elizabethan World [| http://www.renaissance.dm.net/]
 * Women in Elizabethan England http://www.elizabethi.org/us/women/
 * Ye Olde Transporter (Great links!) [| http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/Renaissance/GeneralFiles/Transporter.html]


 * Medieval and Renaissance Food Home Page [| http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/food.html]
 * Food Timeline http://www.foodtimeline.org/
 * Fashion, Food, Fun [| http://www.teacheroz.com/fashion.htm]

Historical Dance
 * http://www.empire.k12.ca.us/capistrano/Mike/capmusic/renaissance/renaissa.htm#Dancing
 * http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/diessay2.html
 * Music in Tudor England [| http://tudorhistory.org/topics/music/]
 * Renaissance Dance [| http://www.rendance.org]
 * Renaissance Dance Resources [| http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeryeh4/dance/rendance.html]
 * Dance Lessons [| http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/sca_dance_steps.html]


 * Costumer's Manifesto [| http://www.costumes.org/]
 * [| The Costume Gallery's Online Library: 1500s Sites]
 * Elizabethan Costume [| http://www.directcon.net/wander/lizcos.htm]
 * Fashion Era [|http://www.fashion-era.com]
 * Museum of Costume [|http://www.museumofcostume.co.uk]
 * RenFaire Costuming http://www.renfaire.com/Costume/index.html
 * Fashion for Women through the Ages [| http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/fashion/index.htm]


 * Visit [| Biography Reference Bank] and [|Biography Resource Center]
 * Complete Works of Christopher Marlowe [| http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Texts/Marlowe.html]
 * Sir Thomas More http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/tmore.htm
 * Sir Thomas More Web Site [| http://www.apostles.com/thomasmore.html]
 * Story of Sir Thomas More [| http://www.cin.org/farmor.html]
 * Tudor History [| http://www.tudorhistory.org/]


 * British History [| http://britannia.com/history/]
 * Elizabeth I [| http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/eliza.htm]
 * Elizabeth I: Writings and Speeches [| http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/elizabeth1.html]
 * Elizabeth I: Ruler and Legend [| http://www3.newberry.org/elizabeth/]
 * Execution of Lady Jane Grey (image) [| http://sunsite.auc.dk/cgfa/d/delaroc1.jpg]
 * Lady Jane [| http://www.britannia.com/history/ladyjane/janefram.html]
 * Notable Women Ancestors - Royalty [| http://rootsweb.com/~nwa/royalty.html]
 * Tudor History [| http://www.tudorhistory.org/]
 * Tudor England http://englishhistory.net/tudor/contents.html
 * Tudor History http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Tudors.htm
 * Tudor Monarchs [| http://www.englishhistory.net/tudor/monarchs.html]

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 * Middle Ages: The Black Death [| http://history.boisestate.edu/westciv/plague/]
 * PBS: Black Death Resources - http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/previous_seasons/case_plague/resources.html
 * BBC History: Black Death [| http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/middle_ages/black_01.shtml]
 * Black Death, 1348 Eyewitness Account [| http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/plague.htm]
 * The Great Famine and the Black Plague - http://www.vlib.us/medieval/lectures/black_death.html
 * Plague [| http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/plague/]
 * Plague and Public Health in Renaissance Europe [| http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/osheim/intro.html]
 * http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/plague/


 * Decameron Web [| http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/dweb.shtml]
 * Elizabethan Authors- http://www.william-shakespeare.info/william-shakespeare-biography-elizabethan-playwright-authors.htm
 * European Renaissance/Reformation-
 * http://www.aasd.k12.wi.us/staff/hermansenjoel/Notes/The%20European%20Renaissance%20and%20Reformation.pdf
 * http://mclane.fresno.k12.ca.us/wilson98/mwh/C/MH01C005.PDF
 * Luminarium [| http://www.luminarium.org/lumina.htm]
 * Medici Archive [| http://www.medici.org/]
 * Medieval and Renaissance History (Mining Company) [| http://historymedren.miningco.com/]
 * Renaissance Dante in Print [| http://www.nd.edu/~italnet/Dante/]
 * Sixteenth Century English Literature [| http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/]