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Pre AP English 8 and Advanced Theater Shakespeare WebQuest You can access a copy of the Pre AP English 8 assignment here. You can access a copy of the Advanced Theater assignment here. You can also access a Website Evaluation form here. If you want to find some of your own resources, try http://www.sweetsearch.com. Below you will find lists of websites and suggested Dewey numbers for your use in our library or the public library to help you with your assignment. Starting with the basics... http://www.shakespeare-online.com/biography/ http://www.biography.com/articles/William-Shakespeare-9480323 http://shakespeare.mit.edu/ http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/ http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/ http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sources/ http://www.shakespeare-online.com/keydates/ http://www.shakespeare-online.com/faq/influencefaq.html Suggested Dewey numbers: B (biographies) Now presenting in the Globe Theater... http://absoluteshakespeare.com/trivia/globe/globe.htm http://www.bardweb.net/globe.html http://www.britannica.com/shakespeare/article-9396028 http://www.shakespeares-globe.org/abouttheglobe/background/thefirstglobe/ Suggested Dewey numbers: 792 A few miscellaneous tidbits... http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761595326/comedy.html http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761551901/Tragedy.html http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/10/arts/theater/10NIED.html?pagewanted=all http://shakespeareauthorship.com/ http://www.pbs.org/shakespeare/locations/location154.html http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761574117_4/London_(England).html http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/195896/history-of-Europe/58335/Demographics http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/plague.htm http://www.boisestate.edu/courses/westciv/plague/15.shtml http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/breath/breath_exhibit/MindBodySpirit/four.html http://www.answers.com/topic/what-are-the-four-humors Suggested Dewey numbers: 942, 394, 614 Ladies and Gentlemen, the Queen of England http://www.britannica.com/shakespeare/browse?browseId=248456 http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon41.html http://www.britannica.com/shakespeare/article-9106028 http://www.britannica.com/shakespeare/article-9051210 http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/367467/Mary http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/elizabeth_i_queen.shtml http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/ Suggested Dewey numbers: 940, B (biographies), 274 A bit about the science of the time... http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/machiavelli/#4 http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/482079/Ptolemaic-system http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761561083/alchemy.html http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_762504460/Chemistry.html Suggested Dewey numbers: 546 You're hired as chief Dramaturges... http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0833942.html http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/391449/Moor http://www.cypnet.co.uk/ncyprus/history/ottoman/index.html http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/297474/Italy/27687/Early-modern-Italy-16th-to-18th-centuries Suggested Dewey numbers: 956, 945 Trivia Time! http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=117418 http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/235433/Globe-Theatre/248150/The-design-of-the-Globe http://www.skwirk.com.au/p-c_s-54_u-253_t-649_c-2525/themes-and-techniques/nsw/themes-and-techniques/skills-by-text-type-shakespearean-drama/shakespeare-overview http://www.shakespeares-globe.org/docs/Henry_V_1997.pdf http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Globe_Theatre http://www.csulb.edu/depts/theatre/PericlesStudyGuideREV.pdf Suggested Dewey numbers: 792 Return to SMS Library Homepage