TeachersFirst Shakespeare

Macbeth

Macbeth - Full text - from M.I.T.'s Shakespeare archive.

Macbeth On-line - Here's a nice on-line text with "clickable" comments and glossary to help readers undertsand the Bard's Elizabethan style more clearly. The design is simple, yet powerful for those who may be encountering Shakespeare for the first time.

Macbeth - Study Questions - from the Shakespeare Classroom.

Macbeth's Birnam Wood - an artist's rendition; from the Tate Gallery, London.

Macbeth Unit Plan - Grade 10 - Here's a unit plan for Macbeth comprised of 13 class period activities. Students must have access to a computer for this plan. While learning Macbeth, students will also learn about Shakespeare’s life, the Globe Theater, and other history, as well as some theater background. Activities include writing Shakespeare’s resume, performing parts of Macbeth, predicting the play’s outcome, and creating news interviews that define their assigned character. Final project consists of a detailed paper on Elizabethan London. This lesson plan meets Georgia’s Quality Core Curriculum standards.

Double Double, Toil and Trouble - A lesson from the Folger Library, released in spring, 1999.

What's up with the Crime Scene - A lesson from the Folger Library's collection.

Teacher's Guide - A teacher's guide with lesson ideas from McDougall-Littel.

Sparknotes - Literature summaries and resources created by enterprising Harvard alumni. About Sparknotes

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