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This interactive site invites kids to explore Queen Elizabeth’s life through interesting biographical facts, information on her education and handwriting, samples of her speeches and poems, her portraits and images of her dresses (with guidelines on making your own ruff), information about courtship and love in her life, and her relationship to Shakespeare’s works.
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This user-friendly site provides information on everyday life during Shakespeare’s time, including a “compendium of common knowledge” that details manners, the relationship between food consumption and lifestyles, occupations, religion, marriage and betrothal customs, children’s clothes, household management, popular pastimes, and more.
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This informative site features an overview of Elizabethan theater with fun facts, information about major playhouses, a map of Elizabethan theaters in London, and information about costumes including make-up, fabric, colors, and the role of costumes used by male actors to portray female characters.
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The notorious feud between the Hatfield and McCoy families epitomizes violent and bitter family rivalries. The feud involved a tragic love, similar to that of Romeo and Juliet. This site features an account of the violence between the two families, including the legendary origins of the feud and the reconciliation, a timeline of events, and a map of important locations.
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This site for kids includes a timeline and animated PowerPoint presentation about Shakespeare’s life, and a section with fun adaptations of Shakespeare plays. In the section "William’s Wonderful Writing," there is a colorful summary of Romeo and Juliet with information on the Capulet and Montague feud, mock interviews of the characters, pictures of props made by students, and an activities page.
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The Folger Shakespeare Library "Shakespeare for Kids" section features fun facts about Shakespeare, his theater, and his time. It includes word exercises, games, famous quotes, definitions of unique Shakespearean words, and scripts of major plays for kids.
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This collection demonstrates the rich theater history and wide range of theatrical interpretations of Shakespeare’s plays. Each play includes a list of performances, images, information about companies and playhouses, excerpts of reviews, interviews, and other materials. There are 55 productions of Romeo and Juliet available, each with images and performance resources.
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This site has active forums dedicated to Shakespeare’s life and works. Discussion topics cover genres, plays, and poetry. Registration is required to participate in the forums.
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This site features engaging multimedia tutorials about Shakespeare’s plays that provide background and contextual information, challenging questions, and links to relevant facsimile texts. Tutorials about making, publishing, and selling books during Shakespeare’s time are also available, as well as access to major Renaissance texts in their original versions through a database of scanned texts.
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This site provides personal information and resources about Shakespeare including a guide to Shakespeare’s language and grammar, a transcript of Shakespeare’s will, and information about the authorship debate. In addition, there is a guide to understanding Elizabethan England, the history of the Globe Theater, and links to theater companies specializing in Shakespeare.
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This interactive site invites kids to explore Queen Elizabeth’s life through interesting biographical facts, information on her education and handwriting, samples of her speeches and poems, her portraits and images of her dresses (with guidelines on making your own ruff), information about courtship and love in her life, and her relationship to Shakespeare’s works.
This site provides personal information and resources about Shakespeare including a guide to Shakespeare’s language and grammar, a transcript of Shakespeare’s will, and information about the authorship debate. In addition, there is a guide to understanding Elizabethan England, the history of the Globe Theater, and links to theater companies specializing in Shakespeare.
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