{"id":114,"date":"2026-06-20T21:19:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T21:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatuwill.com\/?p=114"},"modified":"2026-06-20T21:19:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T21:19:31","slug":"finding-educational-resources-for-teaching-shakespeare-plays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/whatuwill.com\/?p=114","title":{"rendered":"Finding educational resources for teaching Shakespeare plays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Happily, many lessons plans and creative ideas for teaching Shakespeare already exist and are available online. Often when the Royal Shakespeare Company or Shakespeare&#8217;s Globe perform a play, they also release teaching packets about that play. Here are some of the best sites to go to when you are looking for lesson plans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rsc.org.uk\/learn\/schools-and-teachers\/teacher-resources\">Royal Shakespeare Theatre Teaching Resources<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shakespeare.org.uk\/education\/teaching-resources\/\">Shakespeare Birthplace Teaching Resources<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.folger.edu\/teach\/resources\/\">Folger Shakespeare Library Teaching Resources<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please note that the Folger Library, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and Shakespeare&#8217;s Globe all offer a Teacher&#8217;s Membership for a fee. While there are free resources online, the paid membership will undoubtedly open up many more resources. However, most teachers will not have the funds available to become a member of all three. I recommend using the free lesson plans available from these organizations and deciding which ideas you find most useful. You will likely develop a preference and then it will be worth it to pay for that particular organization&#8217;s Teacher&#8217;s Membership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are also several books that I have found extraordinarily useful in building lesson plans for Shakespeare Club. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/How-Teach-Your-Children-Shakespeare\/dp\/0307951502\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2YTILBENIGFLI&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.A-wHfgthKwZizvYyehNwRSlrPABGsURumydIYF1bbYnQ0NVAUCn3ZLhf2ifdoZPlmy27-5r7Lj-qpx9n9yRu5RnS8ySHrkWpzvjQ2sS9rmlfhFUwCr9qLkdj-_QDDZJVqk1qVU8YSmgBcIRhQVMvmAN1zCAYQyGEDoNLbQ8Ja2WuHF98Gh5evpIwuytZYqwXK8pRxi-gH3uAUL01QEuIHYdUIUF9FqJqjsWauEs3k_I.4SbEiPgBTczklCtXXJsRlrOnlA3HQIrc9VVCA37Izsw&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=how+to+teach+your+children+shakespeare&amp;qid=1781989633&amp;sprefix=%2Caps%2C1421&amp;sr=8-1\">How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare<\/a><\/em> by Ken Ludwig. This book is a fabulous resource for students of any age. The first few chapters set the foundation for why Shakespeare matters and the basics of Shakespeare&#8217;s language. Ludwig comes from an impeccable theater background and his approach gives you a sense of how an actor or director might approach the language. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more formal lesson plans, the Folger Shakespeare Library&#8217;s <em>Shakespeare Set Free<\/em> books are incredibly useful. We used <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Shakespeare-Set-Free-Teaching-Midsummer\/dp\/0743288505\/ref=sr_1_6?crid=Z4NSJEQ4UJYB&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.l3Pq0lUtuiC5taT1IeTQYXaASG9HfGQJe2UZFbPNiQ76yiUmBx2velsScHTXJPdUONvdVo-GaLfQBXySCdIqeXQjiJSPjKI8kf-C8UnEx9HrUwliijuWIreu2MOP8pwwi2OMD_oOyCeDd9rjxxlFkY1iIsPYBjH6_FjBuq6HtEkCP6H3DnrjHCdO-FvU08-TbWJEWn5dh-iDkvmPOFP-Am421g2o7SGNJB42cOBirVE.3yDEBurwz6AQKD0THj-mo1-1PpHrBJ49qLhiu0JA0EA&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=folger+shakespeare+lesson+plans&amp;qid=1781988992&amp;sprefix=folger+shakespeare+lesson+plan%2Caps%2C766&amp;sr=8-6\">Shakespeare Set Free: Teaching A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream, Romeo &amp; Juliet, and Macbeth<\/a><\/em> while studying Macbeth. The lesson plans offer activities scene by scene and I simply chose which parts of the lesson would work successfully with our group. There is another book in the series entitled <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Teaching-Twelfth-Night-Othello-Shakespeare\/dp\/0743288513\/ref=sr_1_7?crid=Z4NSJEQ4UJYB&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.l3Pq0lUtuiC5taT1IeTQYXaASG9HfGQJe2UZFbPNiQ76yiUmBx2velsScHTXJPdUONvdVo-GaLfQBXySCdIqeXQjiJSPjKI8kf-C8UnEx9HrUwliijuWIreu2MOP8pwwi2OMD_oOyCeDd9rjxxlFkY1iIsPYBjH6_FjBuq6HtEkCP6H3DnrjHCdO-FvU08-TbWJEWn5dh-iDkvmPOFP-Am421g2o7SGNJB42cOBirVE.3yDEBurwz6AQKD0THj-mo1-1PpHrBJ49qLhiu0JA0EA&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=folger+shakespeare+lesson+plans&amp;qid=1781988992&amp;sprefix=folger+shakespeare+lesson+plan%2Caps%2C766&amp;sr=8-7\">Shakespeare Set Free: Teaching Twelfth Night and Othello<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happily, many lessons plans and creative ideas for teaching Shakespeare already exist and are available online. 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