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Shakespeare
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View and listen to the BrainPop video Shakespeare.

BrainPop

  • Check the Q & A page and Timeline for information related to your topic.
  • If your topic is Plays, use the Graphic Organizer to take notes about the types of plays Shakespeare wrote.
  • If your topic is Poetry, read the FYI article about the Shakespeare's Sonnets.

While viewing and listening to a video to gain information:

  • Use the pause button to pause the video and take notes related to your topic.
  • Use the CC button to display the Closed Caption text of the video narration.

Do a search using the keyword "Shakespeare" in the SIRS Discoverer database, where you will find some excellent articles and Websites about "the Bard."

SIRS Discoverer
  • Use the color-coded Reading Level icons in SIRS Discoverer to select articles that you are able to read and comprehend independently.
  • Find the source citation at the bottom of the article and copy > paste it onto your Works Cited list.
  • Use the Dictionary feature (at the top of the window) to define any unfamiliar words you encounter in an article.
Websites Skills

Click on your topic on the navigation bar below to gather information from targeted Websites.

Shakespeare's
Personal Life
Shakespeare's
Professional Life
Shakespeare's
Theater
Shakespeare's
Plays
Shakespeare's
Poetry
Shakespeare's
Language

Shakespeare's Personal Life

Outline of Shakespeare's Life
Shakespeare FAQ's | About Shakespeare
Shakespeare's Life
Shakespeare the Man: Early Life in Stratford
Shakespeare Biography
Shakespeare Biography 2
Shakespeare FAQ
Shakespeare Timeline
An Introduction to Shakespeare's Life and Times
Historic Figures: William Shakespeare
Who Was Shakespeare?

Shakespeare's Professional Life

Outline of Shakespeare's Life
Shakespeare the Man: Career in the Theater
Shakespeare FAQ's | About Shakespeare
Shakespeare Biography
Shakespeare FAQ
Shakespeare Timeline
All About Shakespeare
An Introduction to Shakespeare's Life and Times
Historic Figures: William Shakespeare
Who Was Shakespeare?

Shakespeare's Theater

Elizabethan Theatre
Shakespeare FAQ's | About Shakespeare
Welcome to the World of the Elizabethan Theater
Shakespeare's Stage - Scroll down to read the introduction and see links to "chapters"
Elizabethan Theatre
Playgoing in Shakespeare's Day - Scroll down to see links to a map and some videos.
The Parts of the Stage (Click on the parts of the stage to learn about them)
Elizabethan Actors
Shakespeare's Globe Theater
The Elizabethan Theater (use links on left sidebar)
All About Shakespeare
The Globe Theater
The New Globe Theater
Shakespeare's Globe

Shakespeare's Plays

In Search of Shakespeare: The Works - arranged both chronologically and alphabetically, with very brief synopses
The Plays
Shakespeare FAQ's | About Shakespeare
Shakespeare FAQ
Shakespeare Timeline
Synopses of Shakespeare's Plays
Who Was Shakespeare? (Scroll down to Shakespeare's Works)
Shakespeare's Comedies
Shakespeare's Tragedies
Shakespeare: Acting and Performing

Shakespeare's Poetry

Shakespeare FAQ's | About Shakespeare
Shakespeare FAQ
Shakespeare High: Poetry
Shakespeare's Poems
Shakespearean Sonnet Overview
The Sonnets of William Shakespeare
Shakespeare's Sonnets

Shakespeare's Language

Reading Shakespeare's Plays
The Language of Shakespeare
Elizabethan English
Elizabethan Insults
Shakespeare's Language
In Search of Shakespeare: Shakespeare's Language
A Note on Shakespeare's Grammar
Shakespeare Glossary
Shakespeare Dictionary
Shakespeare FAQ's | About Shakespeare (includes questions and answers about Shakespeare's language)
Shakespeare's Use of Language

Copyright-Friendly Shakespeare Images

wikimedia commonsCategory: William Shakespeare (Wikimedia Commons)
Category: Stratford-upon-Avon (Wikimedia Commons)
These pictures are either in the Public Domain (not protected by copyright and may be freely used) OR the copyright owners have granted permission for others to use them under certain conditions (for example, as long as the source is credited).

schmoopShakespeare's Plays (from Shmoop) These pictures are in the Public Domain, which means that their they are not protected by copyright and may be freely used.

Local Print and Nonprint Resources Skills
School Library holdings
  • Do a keyword search in the DESTINY Catalog to find nonfiction and reference books about your topic.
  • Use the index or table of contents to locate information related to your topic and questions.
  • Check the indexes of print encyclopedias for articles about your topic.
Baltimore County Public Library holdings
  • Do a keyword search in the BCPL Catalog to locate additional resources.
  • Chat online with a real live librarian at Ask Us Now!
    Be sure to have your research questions handy!


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