Literacy Year 6: Shakespeare in the Classroom

Welcome to a selection of resources on William Shakespeare. Enjoy !

Click on the image below to help you answer questions on the Globe!

Items Viewed during the virtual excursion.

Paintings:  

Shakespeare Room Illustration  

Calendar Artworks   

Artefacts:  

Shakespeare's First Folio 

The Globe Theatre 

Stories on our website about Shakespeare:  

Shakespeare at the Library 

Class Activity:

A Challenge: Recreate a scene from you favourite Shakespearean - You might like to take a photo, draw a picture or design your own Stained - glass window.

Dates: 1564-1616
 

Nationality: British/English
 

Literary Periods: 

 Elizabethan Period, 1558-1603

Jacobean and Caroline Period, 1603-1660

Renaissance Period, 1500-1660

Tudor Period, 1500-1603

SHAKESPEARE WEBQUEST

Click on the image of William Shakespeare to begin the Webquest

• Bell Shakespeare: performance resources
• Shakespeare's Globe

  Teach Shakespeare!
• Shakespeare's Globe

  Factsheets!
• Royal Shakespeare Company; Education Resource Bank
• Teaching Shakespeare/ British Council
• Folger Shakespeare Library

  Located on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, the Folger is the world’s largest Shakespeare collection.
• Shakespeare's Sonnets
• Shakespeare Online
• Drama NSW

  Drama NSW is the official, professional body which represents the teachers of Drama in NSW
• Australian Shakespeare Company
• Shakespeare Resources at the SLNSW

  Join the State Library of NSW to access their databases and electronic resources (free for NSW residents). Register for a membership on their website.
• William Shakespeare BBC resources

  British Broadcasting Commission page with related BBC program links.