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Beliefs See Literature, Mythology
The Supernatural Witches and witch-hunts Ghosts Ghost Stories Folklore The occult sciences Witches Midsummer's Day Midsummer's Day Midsummer's Eve - art longest day	Shakespeare & the Beliefs of his day Unusual Customs/curious calendar British Culture & Customs Folk Festivals Folkscape Links Cornish Myths & Legends Standing Stones Mermaid of Zennor Straw Bear Festival	Piskies, Faeries, Knockers and the Small People Fairies MSN - Essay - Fairies Fairy Photos Fairy Elves Elf
Costuming/Production/Stagecraft
Midsummer - Costuming Hats & Collars Carribbean Production Costume Drawings	Production American Repertory Theatre - 2004
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Forms of Punishment Forms of Punishment - Primary Source Execution Execution Executions - Places associated with punishment Elizabethan Executions Execution - Glossary of terms The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, 1587 Tyburn Background & Documents Hanging Swinging Corpse Middle Ages Torture and Executions AncientScaffold - The last public hanging	Punishment Elizabethan Tortures Branks The Wheel The Headcrusher The Whirligig The Iron Maiden The Chair of Spikes The Drunkards Cloak Torture in the Tower of London - 1597 Torture & Punishment Middle Ages Torture School Boy Punishments	More Punishment Ducking Stool Ducking Stool Image Ducking Stool More on The Ducking Stool Much more on the Ducking Stool Spooky Norfolk - Tales of Ducking The Stocks Scold's Bridle (brank) Scold's Bridle - 1795 Artifact The Pillory Pillory - Images Military Punishments The Bilboes The Whipping Post The Wheel Public Shaming
Prisons Elizabethan/Jacobean Prisons Newgate Tower of London Tower of London Tower of London gallery page 1 Tower of London gallery page 2 Torture in the Tower of London - 1597 Tower of London Tour Tower of London Kids Tour Tower of London The Tower today. The Tower of London The Tower of London: a Brief History	Criminals Outlaws & Highwaymen Outlaws & Highwaymen - Listed by date Outlaws & Highwaymen - Listed by type Coney-catching: The Elizabethan underworld Smuggling in Cornwall Cornish Shipwrecks	Pirate Flags Famous Pirates Pirate Clothing Elizabeth's Pirates Famous Elizabethan Pirates Pirates Famous Women Pirates Famous Pirate Ships The Pirate Song Pirate Code of Conduct Blackbeard Anne Bonney Mary Read FrancisDrake John Hawkins Martin Frobisher Humphrey Gilbert Richard Grenville Richard Hawkins Walter Ralegh
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Education
Mount Joy Schoole of Boys Literacy The universities Rules... for Children to write by by F.B. (1611)	What Every School Boy Knows Education of Boys Shakespeare's Education Shakespeare's Classroom - Stratford Shakespeare at School Shakespeare's Language Study Shakespeare's School King Edward VI Grammar School Elizabethan Education Description of Schools School Boy Punishments	The education of girls
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E-Texts - Shakespeare's Works Online
Midsummer Night's Dream Signet Edition
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Children & Childhood Children and Families Naming the Baby Pronouncing Shakespearian Names	The family Family Portrait	Social Classes
Huswifery The Housewife's Rich Cabinet	Husbandry	Weddings Wedding Customs bridal bouquets More Wedding Customs
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elizabethan-clothing Tudor Clothes Men Peasant Fashion Men's Peasant Fashions Garbomonger Manly Fashions Elizabethan Male Elizabethan male 2 Description of 16th Century Men's Clothing Costuming & Historical Pursuits	Middle & Upper Class Clothing Men's Fashion Men Men's Middle Class Image 1 17th Century Elizabethan Gentleman's Wardrobe Doublet & Hose httDescriptionp:/ Image Cross-gartering Description Image	Fencing Outfit Decorative Armor Arador Armour Library Yeomen of the Guard - Re-creators group - guarding Queen Elizabeth Arms & Weapons Academic Clothing Academic Clothing
Description of 16th Century Women's Clothing Overview of An Elizabethan Outfit Assorted Images Colors Used Fabrics Used Fabric Yardages - amount used in women's clothing Fabric Yardages - for all garments	Elizabethan Outerwear: Coats, Cassocks & Loose gowns What Kids Wore: 16th Century Dress for Children 16th Century Portraits List of Portraits Men's and Women's Fashion Elizabethan Images with Notes on clothing Elizabethan Costume Tour Elizabethan patterns Elizabethan Clothing	Fashionable Images of the day Elizabethan Images Renaissance Images - Scroll down for Women's Fashions Elizabethan female Women's Gallery Elizabethan Women Elizabethan Costume and Costume Elements Fashion on the Streets of London Social Classes in Shakespeare's England Nobility Gentry Yeomen Poor Museum Replicas Women's Dressing for Shakespeare
Middle & Upper Class Clothing Middle Class Fashion - Scroll down Men Men's Middle Class Middle and Upper Class Clothing: Men Women Women's Middle Class Middle and Upper Class Clothing: Women Brown Corduroy Doublet Bodice Olive Wool Low Neck Bodice Dress Elizabethan Arched Brim Hat Making a Dress Noble Costume Unknown Girl 1569 Image & text	Lower Class Color in Lower class Clothing Lower Class Costume How to Make an Tudor/Elizabethan Shirt Women Clothing Of the Lower Orders: Women Women's Peasant Fashions Men Peasant Fashion Men's Peasant Fashions Clothing Of the Lower Orders: Men	Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Elizabeth's Wardrobe Boots Corset & undergarments Queen's Hunting Outfit Queen of Fashion Photo Gallery - Recreators Elements of Elizabeth's Dress Social Classes
Stage Costumes hats	Headwear/Caps/Hats/etc. Hats & Collars Making Elizabethan Hats Photos of Period Hats Headwear French Hoods Elizabethan Coifs - photographs, information, coify links, and instructions on making your own! 16th Century Snoods, Hairnets & Cauls Making a Cap Cauls	Fashion - Clothing & fabrics Embroidery Trim More Fashionable Vocabulary Elizabethan Costumes Elizabethan Era
Countess of Leicester Red Brocade Dress Portrait of an Unknown Woman Open Loose Gowns Closed Loose Gown Women's Jacket	Shoes/Boots/Socks Hats, Shoes, Belts, & More Elizabethan Shoes Shoes Shoes Stockings Queen Elizabeth's Boots	Other Accessories Elizabethan Jewelry coifs Purse Belts, Knives, and Purses Hand Knit Hose Elizabethan Accessories Ruffs Elizabethan Gloves
Fashion 1545 - 1599 - scroll down for later dates and link to images 1600to1630 Late 16th Century World 1570-1600 Elizabethan Sumptuary Statutes Elizabethan Fashions Renaissance Tailor Garbomonger Manly Fashions Early 17th Century Europe 1600-1630 Timeline of Costumes	Hairstyles of the Elizabethan Period- Hair Hair Elizabethan Hairstyles Elizabethan Make-up 101 Elizabethan Beauty Recipies Elizabethan Makeover Period Commentary on Make-up Perfumery - History of fragrance	Smocks & Chemises Chemise Corsets Undergarments Elizabethan Bumrolls Bum Rolls History of the Elizabethan Corset Partlet Cleaning Farthingale - Image Farthingales - History
Tailoring Vocabulary Costuming Guide	Queen Elizabeth's Influence on Elizabethan Dress	Fancy/wedding Dress More Wedding Dress More Wedding Dress
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http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-food.htm http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/old-elizabethan-recipes.htm Food Food Food and Lifestyle What We Eat More of What We Eat Snack Foods Elizabethan cooking Elizabethan Food and Dining Elizabethan Banquets and Feasts Elizabethan Food and Drink Food and Drink Foods Not Available - Not until the New World trade was opened Elizabethan Food Fooles & Fricassees: Food in Shakespeare's England Medieval & Renaissance - Links	Shakespeare and Food Costume Picture Gallery: In the Kitchen & Market Art Works from Europe Food Images - Earlier time period --but will give you an idea of country life. Primary Source Documents Stocking Your Cupboard Farms and Orchards Staples of Every-day Dining Quenching Your Thirst Importing Recipes Storing & Preserving Speak of Your Courtesy Christmas Feasts & Fancies	Dining for the rich Dinner at Cowdray House, 1595 Cooking 16th Century Style How Modern is the Modern British Menu?
Images of Eating/Feasting Sir Henry Unton,Henry	Setting the Table Perugian Hand Towels
General Information/Bits and Pieces
Tudor England main page Look for sources at the end of the Tudor period Overview of Tudor History	Elizabethan World View	Random Bits & Pieces Elizabethan Life http://tudorhistory.org/
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Language "The course of true love never did run smooth". - (Act I, Scene I). Midsummer
Pronouncing Shakespearian Names Forms of Address Titles and Forms of Address Lines of Love & Friendship	Glossaries and Lists http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-online-dictionary.htm Vocabulary Proverbs & Wise Sayings Insults Insults Midsummer Night's Dream Insults Shakespeare's Plays Shakespeare Compliments Elizabethan Glossary Shakespeare Insult Kit More Shakespearean Insults Shakespeare Insults for Kids Shakespearean Quotations More Shakespeare Quotes Kids Are Quoting Shakespeare More Kids Are Quoting Shakespeare Elizabethan Glossary Rhyming Dictionary	Grammar More Language Still More Language Language: Idiomatic Idiosyncrasies Language Absolute Shakespeare Dictionary Elizabethan Shakespeare Dictionary Shakespeare's Grammar Shakespearean Glossary (text file) Elizabethan Accents Speaking Elizabethan Modern Words crafted by Shakespeare More Words Coined by Will Glossary of Common Shakespeare Words. Everyday Expressions From Shakespeare. Thou or Thee? You or Ye?
Allusions
Literature/Books/Sonnets/Storytelling
Mythology Mythology Resources Mythology Guide Pyramus and Thisbe Greek Mythology Images Celtic Gods Mythology in Midsummer Night's Dream	Folklore http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A0840449.html puck Germanic origins as evil	Alphabets The Illuminated Middle Ages Turning the Pages - Leaf through historic books from the British Library - Slow to load - More Links Books
Ghost Tales from the Tower of London	Elizabethan Authors	The Sonnet Sonnet Central Selected Poetry of Queen Elizabeth I
Latin Mottoes from 16th-century sources first page printed in England - 1476 Recipe for ink 1483	Poetry Prose vs Poetry and Verse in Shakespeare's Plays Sonnet of the Day Elizabethan Soneteers 17th & Early 18th Century Sonnets	Emblem Poetry - Alciato's Book of Emblems: Scroll down and link to any of the 212 emblems. Emblemes d'amour en quatre langue - Emblems of love in 4 languages A Choice of Emblemes
Playwrights Shakespeare in Print First Folio The Drama and Shakespeare http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/	Elizabethan Storytelling Letter Writing http://www.godecookery.com/clipart/clart.htm	MSND Title Page Broadsides & News Books Book History Timetable, History of Printing Medieval and Renaissance Book Production - Printed Books Renaissance Dante in Print (1472-1629)
Maps
London Wall - Roman Wall Modern London - With links to old sites Changing London - Maps growth16th Century Sites - Map of London archaeological sites
Museums Exhibits Online

Music/Songs = sound files available See Games See Entertainment/Pastimes
Songs Of & About Elizabethan Times Songs Ancient Ballads from various sources Elizabethan Court Musicians The Madrigal Words & music in Music - Hyperhistory timeline Early Music - Instruments with sound clips Music & Dance	Funeral Songs Oft thou hast Play O sweet flower Play O the unsure hopes Play Music of the Renaissance European carols: Mediæval, Renaissance, & traditional I Care not for These Ladyes - Thomas Campion Suite in D-min: Tombeau Thomas Campion Fire! Fire! Thomas Campion If my complaints John Dowland Jeff Lee - Lutist	Woman with a Lute Composers Music And Dance Morris Dancing Renaissance Dance Page Dance Lessons Scarborough Fair - Origins Scarborough Fair (MP3)
Names
People Elizabethan names Naming the Baby	List of Surnames List of Men's Given Names	List of Women's Given Names
People
Shakespeare's Players Famous Elizabethan Women	Pictures of Famous People 1500 - 2003 - Famous People Who Was Who Henry & His 6 Wives Howard Gallery	Famous Elizabethan Pirates
Places
ENGLAND Spain, France, Germany, Italy, & other despicable places See Daily Life London London_Bridge_is_falling_down	'Black and White' Tudor Buildings Greenwich Palace and Park Hampton Court Palace Hampton Court Palace Hatfield - Church, House, Old Palace and Park Hever Castle Kenilworth Castle Leeds Castle Nonsuch Palace Richmond Palace Sudeley Castle The Tower of London Warwick Castle and Town Westminster Abbey Windsor Castle	Shakespeare's London Elizabethan Geography Other Countries - Images
Primary Source Materials
Shakespeare's Last Will & Testament	Elizabeth's Signature	Virtual Jamestown
Relationships- Romance/Courting/Status/Class
Shakespeare's Colors - Racism and Culture in Elizabethan England	Weddings Weddings & Betrothals Elizabethan Weddings More Elizabethan Weddings Marriage and Family Elizabethan Wedding Customs More Wedding Customs Origins of the Word Honeymoon Origins of the word Wedding Cake Courtly love Lines of Love & Friendship	Rank- Royalty & Nobility Ranks & Files Social History - Class & great chain of being Heralds and Heraldry
Religion/Religious life
Dissolution of Monasteries Queen Elizabeth & the Church The Elizabethan Religious Settlement Archbishops of Canterbury The Elizabethan Church & Catholics	Churchgoing Religion Elizabethan Religion Religion More Religion Religion Catholics Church of England Calvinists	Protestantism Scripture Thomas Cranmer & the Book of Common Prayer The ecclesiastical courts
Royals/Nobles/Aristocrats
Elizabeth I Queen Elizabeth I	Elizabethan Court	Heralds and Heraldry Famous Elizabethan Women
Shakespeare
Stratford-Upon-Avon - Birthplace of Will Shakespeare's Birthroom Stratford-Upon-Avon Tour Shakespeare's Stratford Shakespeare at School Shakespeare's courting village takes on developers 7 ages of Shakespeare’s Life	Shakespeare's Birthplace, Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon	Shakespeare's London Shakespeare's will Shakespeare's Death Grave Site When did Shakespeare die, from what did he die, and where was he buried?
Who Was He? The basics Why Study Shakespeare? Context What kind of plays did he write? Was Shakespeare Catholic? Shakespeare Photo Album Portraits of William Shakespeare What Did Shakespeare Look Like? The Shakespeare Children CLICK HERE TO CHAT WITH WILL	Shakespeare Best sites Shakespeare resource page Top lines Coined words Shakespearean Language Quotes Shakespeare in the News	Authorship debate Shakespeare in Performance The First Folio The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Online texts of the plays (not the poetry) from MIT. How Shakespeare Prepared His Manuscripts Shakespeare on Stage Ben Jonson Shakespeare's Early Contemporaries
Theatre General Introduction to Elizabethan Theatre Theatre - Actors/Acting/Playwrights Theater Globe Costuming Staging Midsummer Night's Dream: Images Online Text Summaries/Guides/Analysis Pyramus & Thisbe Characters
Theater The Greek Stage and Shakespeare London Theatres 16th Century (1500's) The Early English Theaters Maps & Sites of Elizabethan Theatres ELIZABETHAN PLAYHOUSES, ACTORS, AND AUDIENCES Early London Plays Shakespeare's Audience Elizabethan Theaters Shakespeare's Playhouses Shakespeare's Theatre Globe Theatre - Facts/Info The Theatre Theatre of the Middle Ages Theater Censorship History of Theatre/Drama Mystery Plays	Welcome to Shakey's Place http://library.thinkquest.org/10502/frontview.htm Theatres and types of plays London Theatres - Map Shakespeare's Theater Shakespeare's Theater Scene Famous Elizabethan Theatres Elizabethan Theater Elizabethan Theatre Facts The Audience Welcome to the World of the Elizabethan Theater Elizabethan Theatre London & Its Theatres New Globe Theatre - Today Building Facts & Stats	Outdoor Theatres Outdoor Theatres Globe Theatre Globe Image More Views of the Globe Globe Theatre Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre Shakespeare's Globe Shakespeare's Globe Theater Shakespeare's Globe History of the Old Globe Theatre Rose Theater
Great Halls Great Halls Inn Yards inn-yards Inn Yards Inn Yards Indoor Theatres Indoor Theaters Blackfriars Theatre - Winter Quarters	Boar's Head Inn The Cockpit Curtain Theatre Fortune Theatre Globe Theatre Hope Theatre Red Bull Theatre The Rose - 1587 The Rose More on the Rose Rose Theatre Image Archive The Swan - 1594 Swan Theatre The Swan Blackfriars - 1596 Blackfriars Theatre Blackfriars Whitefriars Theatre	Theater - Images/Tours/Maps Globe Tour Virtual Tour - Clemson Univ. Virtual Globe Tour InteractiveViewer GLOBE THEATER VIRTUAL TOUR - Panoramic views!!! Entrance & Exterior Views stage 1 Stage 2 Quiz Interactive tour of the Globe Inside the Globe Theatre Virtual Tour Globe - Clemson Views from the Outside More Photos Still More Photos - Scroll down
Acting/Actors/Playwrights Elizabethan Acting Troupes Actors, Acting, & Audience Acting in Elizabethan Theater Acting and Performing Actors, Acting, & the Audience Shakespeare's Actors The Lord Chamberlain's Men Elizabethan actors and playwrights Playwrights Boy Actors Players Companies of players Children's Acting Companies 1559-1605 Performance Animation Audition - Hamlet Tryout	Theatrical Combat Description of Theatrical Combat The Academy of Theatrical Combat - Demo Clips Small Sword Fight Training Demo Rapier Demo Rapier Fights for Film Demo Condemnation of the Elizabethan Theater Court Comedies and Masques -	Shakespeare Article Scroll down for a lecture video Diagram of Theatre Areas Performers in Action Audience Accommodations http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/map-sites-elizabethan-theatres.htm great list
Costuming Costumes & Sets Costumes and Sets Stage Costumes Hats Dressing for Shakespeare Costumes Costumes Fairy Faerye Net Fairy Wings	Production - Stages Elizabethan Stages - In-depth article with illustrations Staging Early Stages - Inn Yards More Inn Yards - Images Costumes & Sets Shakespeare's Audience Audience Accommodations	Performance - Professional Hear & See Shakespeare performed Elizabethan Drama Shakespeare Photos - 1870 -1982 no copyright Summer Shakespeare Performance - Student American School - Tokyo, Japan Skowhegan Middle School Digital Shakespeare Measure for Measure - Be Patient
Midsummer's Night Dream - Images MSN Illustrated 1970 Production - Lots of info here--scroll down for menu Wake Forest 2001 Production Misdummer Images 1870 - 1982 no copyright Video Clip Scenes & Description View Paintings inspired by the play (from Shakespeare Illustrated by Harry Rusche) Univ. of Reading	Midsummer's Night Dream - ImagesAlan Howard Images Performance List - Link to images A Midsummer Night's Dream 2002 Swanton Ranch Production Publicity Photo: Puck and Lovers Publicity Photo: Titania, Oberon, Puck Publicity Photo: Titania The Young Company - Hampshire Performers in Action A Midsummer Night's Dream at Woodward Academy MSN	MND- Images Production Photos Pyramus and Thisbe before the Duke and guests Titania and Oberon dancing Transformed Bottom and Fairies "How now, sprite; whi'r wander you?": Puck, Fairy "I'd rather give his carcass to my hounds": Hermia, Demetrius, Oberon, Puck "Use me but as your spaniel": Helena, Demetrius, Oberon "Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell": Oberon, Puck "Dian's bud o'er Cupids flower": Oberon, Titania, Puck, Bottom w/ass head
Midsummer Text Online Hypertext Version MOO - Read text & interpretations Shakespeare Online A Midsummer Night's Dream - Wikipedia First Folio Facsimile Memorable Quotes Trivia - 1935 Film Version Trailer 1999 version Movie Database - More links	Summaries REALLY REALLY Condensed Comic Book Shakespeare - Short Synopsis from Bard Web A Midsummer Night's Dream - Analysis of the play and characters. Short & Simple MSN Wikipedia Yet Another Summary Monologues A Midsummer Night's Dream - Puck's monologue. A Midsummer Night's Dream - Helena's monologue.	Reading Notes/Study Guides Study Guide A Study Guide Reading Notes Classic Notes Summary & Text of Play Enjoying a Midsummer Night's Dream - Fan page
Characters Character Listing - Scroll down, nice links Character list & Links Bottom Demetrius Francis Flute Helena Lysander Nick Bottom Puck Puck Puck Through the Ages Mad Merry Pranks of Robin Goodfellow Robin Goodfellow Oberon Theseus Bios & Links to Actors & Their Roles - Probert Encyclopedia	Director's Concepts University of Washington Stage Devices - Design/Stage Devices Set Rendering: Athens Set Rendering: Forest Groundplan Costume Rendering: Puck Costume Rendering: Miscellaneous Fairies Poster Art	Pyramus & Thisbe Simple Retelling Student Retelling - Illustrated Retelling - By Thomas Bulfinch Story of Pyramus & Thisbe Basic Story An Illustrated Retelling Summary Image Mythology in Midsummer Night's Dream
Timelines/Major Events
Queen Elizabeth	Tudor England	Shakespeare & Company
War/Warfare/Conflict/Fighting
Spies/Espionage Antony Standen Standen's intelligence work Sir Francis Walsingham Spying on the Spanish Armada Gilbert Gifford - Double Agent Thomas Phelippes - forger & cipher secretary	Elizabeth's Spy Network Spying Game 16th century- Mary, Queen of Scots Mary's ciphers The Babington plot Gilbert Curle - Queen's cipher secretary More plots against Elizabeth	Tools of the Trade codes ciphers nulls Code Master - Send & receive messages using this original French cipher
Technology of Warfare Trebuchet History Trebuchet Animation Trebuchet Mechanics	Influence of War on Shakespearean Times Weapons of Macbeth Military of the Day	Elizabethan Rapier History Playing the Prize in Elizabethan England
Fencing Outfit Elizabethan fencing The Bankeside Schole of Defense - historical stage combat school, Italian 16th century rapier fighting. Theatrical Combat The Academy of Theatrical Combat - Demo Clips Small Sword Fight Training Demo Rapier Demo Rapier Fights for Film Demo	Armor Arms & Armor - Covers many time periods Decorative Armor Arador Armour Library Weapons Intro to Armor Honor and Dueling Pike Man So You Want to be a Pike Man? Musket Sword Artillery.	The Spanish Armada 1588 Spanish Armada - Defeated by the English The Spanish Armada Defeat of the Spanish Armada The Gentlemen Adventurers - Army & Naval Officers Reenactors Bios of the Adventurers St. Michael's - Elizabethan Military more reenactors The Yeomen of the Guard - The Queen's Personal Bodyguard

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http://search.eb.com/shakespeare/browse?browseId=248010

http://renaissance.dm.net/sites.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/society_culture/society/launch_pan_elizabethan_room.shtml#

http://www.tomecek.com/jay/index.html

http://www.britainexpress.com/History/elizabethan-theatre.htm

http://www.fathom.com/course/28701903/session3.html

http://historymedren.about.com/cs/societies/index.htm?terms=medieval

http://novaonline.nv.cc.va.us/eli/spd130et/elizab.htm#elt

http://www.bardweb.net/

http://absoluteshakespeare.com/trivia/globe/globe.htm

http://absoluteshakespeare.com/trivia/authorship/authorship.htm

http://search.eb.com/shakespeare/index2.html

http://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/shakespeare_globe_theatre.htm

http://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/shakespeare_resources.htm

http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/life.htm#History

http://www.leasttern.com/Shakespeare/Midsummer/Dreamhome.htm

http://www.tnellen.com/school/shakes.html

http://www.leasttern.com/Shakespeare/Midsummer/Dreamhome.htm#Click%20here

http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/renaissanceinfo.htm

http://www.outlawsandhighwaymen.com/contents.htm#genre

http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/elizlink.htm

http://www.wfu.edu/~tedforrl/shakespeare/

http://www.teachersfirst.com/shakespr.shtml

http://www.tnellen.com/school/shakes.html

http://www.pigseyetheatre.org/shakesco/links.html#shakesres

http://teachers.henrico.k12.va.us/henrico/ellis_a/RenaissanceLinks.html

http://www.earlymusic.i12.com/general/link_ix.htm music links

http://www.livinghistory.co.uk/links/costumes.htm

http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/wjhs/mediactr/englishpathfinder/romeo/

http://www.leasttern.com/Shakespeare/Midsummer/Dreamhome.htm#Basicsources

http://www.folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=1701

http://www.boldoutlaw.com/puckrobin/puck.html

http://www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/midsummer/midsummer.3.2.html#speech23

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puck_(mythology)

http://ise.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/stage/costumessubj.html

http://shakespeare-art-museum.com/

http://shakespeare-art-museum.com/Links.html

Pyramus & Thisbe:

Encarta Learning Zone http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?ti=01F75000

Greek-Roman myth of Pyramus and Thisbe: Metamorphoses by Ovid http://classics.mit.edu//Ovid/metam.4.fourth.html#97

Pyramus & Thisbe Website

http://xroads.virginia.edu/g/PUBLIC/AHS/MYTH/thi1.html

http://www.bard.org/education/resources/shakespeare.html

http://www.bard.org/education/resources/teaching.html

http://www.bard.org/education/theatrelinks.html

http://www.kcrenfest.com/Performer/Links.html

http://www.kcrenfest.com/Performers.htm

http://www.modern-woman.org/find-hairstyles%2Clong+for+round+faces.html

http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/models/setstage/resources.html#anchor8755248

http://www.english.emory.edu/classes/Shakespeare_Illustrated/Shakespeare.html

http://www.legends.dm.net/shakespeare/index.html
http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/S/secrecy/page1a.html codes ciphers plots

http://www.maine207.k12.il.us/departments/335/Shakespeare%20and%20Elizabethan%20England.doc

http://ciconline.org/bdp1/

http://www.teachersfirst.com/tchr-subj-date.cfm?subject=drama&lower=9&upper=12
http://www.awardrobeintime.com/kitchen/kitchen.html

http://www.legends.dm.net/ballads/index.html

http://www.goldenacorn.net/garden/flowers.html

http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/ballads/

Renaissance Food Home Page-

(Fashion)
http://tudorhistory.org/poetry/index.html Tudor poetry
http://www.vvsd.org/teachpgs/abneyca/student.htm
http://renaissance.dm.net/sites.html fabulous links

http://www.learning-connections.co.uk/curric/cur_pri/tudors/ho_ind.html

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/tudors/other.htm

http://www.tudorhistory.org/

http://www.godecookery.com/tacuin/tacuin.htm health

http://www.npg.org.uk/live/room2.asp

http://www.websher.net/shakespeare/WORLD/World.html

http://quarles.unbc.ca/midsummer/mythintro.html

http://www.websher.net/shakespeare/WORLD/myth.html

http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000727.shtml

Clothing Myths
http://www2.kumc.edu/itc/staff/rknight/Briana3.htm
http://sca-garb.freeservers.com/gallery/imagelinks.html many broken links

http://tudorhistory.org/poetry/elizabeth.html

http://www.artguide.org/uk/museumA.html

http://decorative-replica-painting.com/elizabethan-art.htm

http://decorative-replica-painting.com/elizabethan-antique.htm

http://www.tudor-portraits.com/Various_8.htm

http://members.aol.com/noramunro/Wardrobe/index.htm

http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/
http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=367

http://www.english.upenn.edu/~bushnell/english-101/gallery.html
http://mciunix.mciu.k12.pa.us/~spjvweb/stulinde.html
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/life.htm#History
http://www.shakespearehigh.com/
http://www.shakespearehigh.com/classroom/bio_handout.shtml

http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/food.html

http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/emlsweb.html#shake

http://www.ardenshakespeare.com/relatedlinks/index.aspx

http://www.william-shakespeare.info/site-map.htm

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=shakespeare&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&start=10

http://www.katjaorlova.com/MedFoodPapers.html

http://www.teacheroz.com/renaissance.htm

http://www.sbhsd.k12.ca.us/sbhslib/langarts/renaissance.html#science

http://www.sbhsd.k12.ca.us/sbhslib/langarts/renaissance.html#shakespeare

http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/S/spellbinder/resources.shtml

http://www.godecookery.com/

http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/food.html

http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/minstrel.html

http://www.michaelweishan.com/tradgdnaut97art2.html plimoth plantation

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/calderon/

http://www.godsavethequeen.org/frame.html

http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/Renaissance/Town/Clothing/ClothingLinks.html

Daily Life in Elizabethan England
Life in Elizabethan England
Elizabethan England - Shakespeare Resource center
The Renaissance: The Context and Codes
Food
Elizabethan life in Britain - Architecture, literature, and daily life in Elizabethan England.

Elizabethan Geography

Chill with Will

The Natural World In Shakespeare's Time
http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/

zebra gorgon armadillo dragon camelopard

Shakespeare from A to Z

http://www.milieux.com/costume/costume1.html#history

http://www.westseneca.wnyric.org/West_Seneca_Web_Pages/east%20senior/teacher/Sandra%20Eichelberger/Academic%20pages/english.htm#Mythology%20&%20Folklore

Student's Guide to Shakespearean English

Shakespeare Dictionary (FTP site)

Shakespearean Glossary (text file)

Witchcraft and Superstition

Areas of Research

Creative Ideas

Witches and witch hunts
Common superstitions
Ghosts and the supernatural
Beliefs in magic and sorcery
Magic and British Legends (Beowulf, King Arthur, etc.

Write a period ghost story
Make a picture book of Shakespeare's witches and ghosts
Create a museum of Elizabethan superstition

Plants and Animals
	Areas of Research	Creative Ideas
	Plant collecting and the traditional English garden Farming Medicinal plants Animals for food and sport Animals as pets	Grow plants typical of Shakespeare time and climate Create a model of a traditional English garden Recreate one of Shakespeare's homes with garden Make a picture book of farming

Holidays and Religion
	Areas of Research	Creative Ideas
	The (relatively recent) establishment of the Church of England in the 1530s Persecution of Catholics and religious persecution in general Martyrs and religious leaders Cathedrals and places of worship Major holidays and how they are celebrate	Recreate a traditional holiday Create a calendar of holiday celebrations from the period Create a set of holiday cards from the period (using poetry from the period) Hold a mock trial of a

Manners and Customs
	Areas of Research	Creative Ideas
	Salutations and formalities Table manners Common words and phrases Gestures Faith, Fears, and Folklore Evil spirits and good luck charms	Write a book of manners for the period Recreate a formal event (like a wedding, coronation, dinner party) Find examples of manners and customs from the play and illustrate them in a picture book

Pastimes and Games
	Areas of Research	Creative Ideas
	Popular games and sports The rules to these games What did people do with their free time? Contests and gambling Fairs and festivals	Recreate "authentic" games and sports Write a rule book for a game or sport Brochure advertising a Fair Create your own game using objects consistent with the period

Family Life
	Areas of Research	Creative Ideas
	Weddings and Marriages Funerals Names Children and Education Heirs and Inheritance The role of women	Create diaries that depict family life for a specific class of people Write a play or skit that portrays a family setting Interview the members of a families for a local newspaper Paint a mural depicting a traditional family scene Write a eulogy for characters in the play you are reading and plan that character's funeral

Money and Occupations
	Areas of Research	Creative Ideas
	Professions Bartering Wages Debts and Penalties Taxes Currency The Class system Fines and Vails	Recreate money from the period Create a diorama depicting various professions Create a "mock" bank Create a Help-Wanted page for a newspaper

Food and Drinks
	Areas of Research	Creative Ideas
	Popular foods from the period Recipes Daily meals Different foods for different classes of people Food native to England	Cook a meal using authentic recipes Create your own recipes from foods native to England Create a menu for a tavern or pub Act out a dinner with families from different classes

Science, Technology, and Medicine
	Areas of Research	Creative Ideas
	Medical Beliefs and Practices The Plague Recent inventions of the 16th century Famous scientists and mathematician contemporary to Shakespeare	Medical Beliefs and Practices The Plague Recent inventions of the 16th century Famous scientists and mathematician contemporary to Shakespeare

Poetry
	Areas of Research	Creative Ideas
	Sonnets Other writers of sonnets (from Shakespeare's time and modern day) Other popular poetry genres and contemporaries of Shakespeare	Write your own sonnets Create a book of poetry from different genres Make a commercial advertising the greatest poets of the period Create a multimedia presentation of poetry Make a "mad-libs" style book of poetry

Language and Literature
	Areas of Research	Creative Ideas
	Read a play by a contemporary of Shakespeare Compare the genres associated with Shakespeare (histories, comedies, tragedies, romances, sonnets)	Update or "modernize" a scene from a play Write a dictionary of Shakespearean terms Write a dictionary of Shakespearean insults Create a picture book of the play for kids in a lower grade Create an advertising campaign for a Shakespearean play Create a diary or series of letters from a character in the play

Printing and Publications

Areas of Research

Creative Ideas

Shakespeare's manuscripts
Making paper
Printing books
Censorship
Folios and Quartos
Printing Technology

Make your own paper
Make a folio of the play
Make and publish a picture book
Create a graphic organizer of known Shakespearean manuscripts
Write a newspaper article about censorship in Elizabethan England

Fashion and Costumes
	Areas of Research	Creative Ideas
	Textiles and color Fashion for different classes of people Costumes for the stage Hairstyles of the day	Paint or draw designs of different fashions Paint or draw designs of costumes for the stage Create/sew costumes from the period Make a catalog or brochure of fashions Create a fashion museum

Weapons and Fighting

Areas of Research

Creative Ideas

Weapons from this era
Enemies of England
Armies and constabulary

Re-enact a historical battle
Build (safe) models of period weaponry
Act out a fight scene from a Shakespearean play
Create a museum of weaponry

The Globe Theater
	Areas of Research	Creative Ideas
	Take a virtual tour of the reconstructed theater Compare the original Globe theater with the reconstruction Compare the Globe with other buildings of 16th and 17th century London The role of "street theater"	Construct a model of the new or traditional globe theater to scale A timeline of the globe A 3-d map of London surrounding the globe

Actors and Drama
	Areas of Research	Creative Ideas
	Shakespeare and the Lord Chamberlain's men The acting companies Playwright's contemporary to Shakespeare The traditions of drama Patronage of theater companies The alliance between the monarchy and the theaters The genres of the period	Create a playbill for a production of one of Shakespeare's plays, including a synopsis, actors' bios, etc. Compare Shakespeare's writing with one or more of his contemporaries Produce an act or scene from a play Modernize an act or scene of a play and act it out Write a pitch for a network television series based upon a Shakespearean play

King

Duke

Earl

Viscount

Baron

Knight

Serf

Peasants

Art and Artists
	Areas of Research	Creative Ideas
	Paintings depicting scenes from Shakespeare's plays Artists contemporary to Shakespeare Art trends of the period Patrons of the arts	Reproduce famous paintings Create an art gallery showing of period art work Create paintings in the style of the era illustrating scenes from the play Make a museum brochure

Music, Song, and Dance
	Areas of Research	Creative Ideas
	The instruments of the period Popular songs and dances of the period The role of music in theater productions	Create a songbook of traditional songs Create models of period instruments Create a museum of instruments Perform a traditional dance Write your own music in the style of the period Put a Shakespearean sonnet to music Make a modern translation of a traditional song and/or dance

Crime and Punishment
	Areas of Research	Creative Ideas
	Basic principals of early law in England Compare church law and state law of the period Due process Systems of punishment (compare then with today) Torture and capital punishments Compare how persons of different classes and genders were treated differently under the law	Hold a mock trial for crime committed during the period Make a "leveled" book of common crimes and appropriate punishments Create a museum of punishments Make a museum brochure Write a mystery set in Shakespeare's time and publish it

More Portraits Elizabeth's Faces Elizabethan Court Woodcut Image - 1563 Elizabeth I Portrait, c.1570 An English Brass of Elizabeth I Elizabeth as Diana, by Cornelius Vroom Elizabeth & Sir Raleigh

Memorable Quotes

Chill with Will

Crime and Punishment

Areas of Research

Creative Ideas

Art and Artists

Areas of Research

Creative Ideas

Music, Song, and Dance

Areas of Research

Creative Ideas

Witchcraft and Superstition

Areas of Research

Creative Ideas

Plants and Animals

Areas of Research

Creative Ideas

Holidays and Religion

Areas of Research

Creative Ideas

Manners and Customs

Areas of Research

Creative Ideas

Pastimes and Games

Areas of Research

Creative Ideas

Family Life

Areas of Research

Creative Ideas

Money and Occupations

Areas of Research

Creative Ideas

Food and Drinks

Areas of Research

Creative Ideas

Science, Technology, and Medicine

Areas of Research

Creative Ideas

Poetry

Areas of Research

Creative Ideas

Language and Literature

Areas of Research

Creative Ideas

Printing and Publications

Areas of Research

Creative Ideas

Fashion and Costumes

Areas of Research

Creative Ideas

Weapons and Fighting

Areas of Research

Creative Ideas

The Globe Theater

Areas of Research

Creative Ideas

Actors and Drama

Areas of Research

Creative Ideas

More Portraits
Elizabeth's Faces
Elizabethan Court
Woodcut Image - 1563
Elizabeth I Portrait, c.1570
An English Brass of Elizabeth I
Elizabeth as Diana, by Cornelius Vroom
Elizabeth & Sir Raleigh