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Resources on Shakespeare for High School Learners
Posted 4 months ago by Kate M
Are you overwhelmed with the number of resources to help your students learn? Let the Library help! Using trusted resources and expert knowledge, our resourceful librarians have gathered a collection of credible and reliable resources – both electronic and books – on dozens of popular classroom topics, carefully curating each list to meet the curricular grade level demands.
A Library card number and pin will be required to access many of the resources listed. Need help with your card or pin? Contact your nearest location or call 419.259.5200. Need a new card?
Biography Reference Bank:
You will land on a login screen and need to use your Library account number to access the following results:
Featured Entry: William Shakespeare
Academic Journals: Parapraxes in the Plays of William Shakespeare.
Trade publications: A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of William Shakespeare & His Sonnets.
* This is an Ebsco database; some results may overlap those found in other Ebsco products.
Explora Secondary 6-12
Topic Overview: William Shakespeare
* This is an Ebsco database; some results may overlap those found in other Ebsco products.
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Shakespeare for Students: Critical Interpretations of Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry
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Enjoy digital access to multiple copies of all of Shakespeare’s plays.
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WASSAILING AND FESTIVE MUSIC IN SHAKESPEARE'S TWELFTH NIGHT
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*Overdrive titles are limited to one user per check out. Overdrive check outs limited to 20 per customer at one time.


Cracking the Shakespeare code
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A year in the life of William Shakespeare
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Comic versions of multiple plays. Vocabulary Worksheets. Student project ideas.
Very Short Introductions
Shakespeare’s Sonnets and Poems
World Book eBooks
Access in book format all Shakespeare plays and sonnets. Create an account with World Book to highlight and digitally write notes.
World Book Advanced:
Print Materials:
Shakespeare : the world as stage
Shakespeare
The Shakespeare book
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