Looking for some good Shakespeare sites. So far this is the only site I have. http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/ Can be sites related to Shakespeare or his works. Do you know of any? Do you have a favorite. Open to all suggestions. Prefer at least 7th grade level or higher. Also, any suggestions for studying Shakespeare? Right now all I have (in the way of ideas) is we are making a reproduction of the Globe Theater and dd's will pick one Shakespeare work, create puppets and backdrops for it and then perform it for the family. I also thought my dd's could do an "interview" w/ Shakespeare. What else could we do? LR
This is probably not helpful, but I'll throw it out there... A long time ago, someone told me to put "Baron's" in the back of my mind and never forget it when I get ready to teach my kids about Shakespeare. The problem is that I can't find any. They're out of print, maybe? All I know is someone told me this is the best, easiest way to teach it ... if only I could remember who said it so I can figure out where to find the books! Here's one... http://www.amazon.com/Barons-Litera...TF8&coliid=I18H5O1DBWT7BM&colid=2C30FUW4NLEP7 Perhaps you could check your library?
If you do Romeo and Juliette, be sure to watch West Side Story, and do a comparison of them! We are lucky to have free Shakespeare in the Park in Columbus! My children have seen several of his plays. I think their favorite is Mid-Summer Night's Dream. I'd love for them to see The Taming of the Shrew.
I'm actually a little surprised that any of you let your children watch/read Shakespeare. He's one of the raunchiest playwrights in history. lol. There are more sex jokes in a two hour play than a whole season of CBS comedy. Ok, that was totally beside the point. That really just surprised me. On task then: If you can't find Barons at the library, I would check out the campus bookstores to see what versions they use. The texts we used in our classes (I have a degree in Theatre) were full of notes on context and really helped with the obscure references. I don't know if they were Barons or something else, but they are fairly inexpensive and designed to be taught from. If you don't have a local college campus, check out the various college textbook websites. I know that doesn't help with websites, but I don't know of any off hand. I'll ask around, though, as I'm sure some of my coworkers likely do.
We are studying Shakespear at my Drama Class for jr sr highers so I have lots of stuff, but its on theother computer so I will send it to you tomorrow. Look on netflix though we are about to watch a video tomorrow day that is animated shakespear, I will tell you if its any good too. The complete works of Shakespear is at the library, I have one checked out here.
Could it be Barron's with two r's you're looking for and it doesn't compute with only one r? I know Barron's publishes things like ACT/SAT study books and such as that, could they do Shakespeare too?
You might be right! http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_0...s+shakespeare+made+easy&sprefix=barrons+shake
