As well as the books on display use the following websites to find out more about:
Shakespeare’s life: http://www.bardweb.net/man.html and World Book Online: Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s influence: http://www.musesrealm.net/writings/shakespeareengland.html
Elizabethan Period: http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-period.htm
Queen Elizabeth I: http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/interesting-facts-about-queen-elizabeth-i.htm
Elizabethan actors: http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-actors.htm
Elizabethan superstitions: https://sites.google.com/site/elizabethansuperstitions/elizabethan-superstions-and-medical-practices
Elizabethan fun facts: http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312646/fun_facts.htm
Elizabethan food: http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-food.htm
Elizabethan sports: http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-sports.htm
Elizabethan England: http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-england.htm
Shakespeare’s plays: Search World Book Online
Shakespeare’s poems: Search World Book Online
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre: The Globe Virtual Tour: http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/converse/movies/sound_globe.swf
and http://www.globe-theatre.org.uk/index.htm
Elizabethan theater : http://www.britainexpress.com/History/elizabethan-theatre.htm
Elizabethan Armour: http://home.comcast.net/~liamrocks/weapons/
For all topics search:
The University of Victoria’s internationally acclaimed Internet Shakespeare Editions website provides access to in depth information about Shakespeare’s plays and poems, life and times, performance of his works, a guide to the site, and other resources. For this assignment you will find the “Life and Times” section especially useful:
Student Resources in Context Research Database of encyclopedia articles, videos, magazines and more about Shakespeare’s life and times:
Iambic Pentameter:
1. Examples of Shakespearean Monologue:
Ethan Hawke: Hamlet – To be or not to be … http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YHMYkUrV7A
Iambic Pentameter Hip Hop http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p226OX39OLs
2. Visualizing iambic pentameter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArrR66OSa0Q
3. Short quotes to practice iambicpPentameter: http://www.talklikeshakespeare.org/main.taf?p=0,2
4. Tap out rhythms
5. Choose one of Shakespeare’s sonnets or soliloquys