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Ms. Trentowski- Intro to Shakespeare

Ms. Trentowski -Intro to Shakespeare Project - Shakespeare, Elizabethan Society, Queen Elizabeth

English 9R                
 
Introduction to Shakespeare Project
Shakespeare's Life, Elizabethan Society & Elizabeth I 


 

Within the Virtual Reference Collection (VRC)
  

Under BIOGRAPHY;
 
Select the Biography Reference Center then search for  William Shakespeare or Elizabeth I     
Scroll through links on the left to view specific biographic articles.
 
 
Under ENCYCLOPEDIAS;

 
      Britannica Online -'containing over 125,000 articles & over 350,000 vetted web links', this encyclopedia is a great resource for all things Shakespeare.

World Book- 'accurate, trustworthy and reliable', search this encyclopedia by name of your group.  Use the Article Contents tool on right to get to the specific part of long articles. Be sure to look at Tab that says Images and Related Information for links to other resources too. 

 

Under Literature and Language;

 

Scroll down to Blooms Literature which is "a wide range of essays and scholarly criticisms examining great authors and their works." 

       Scroll down to see the link to the Shakespeare Center on the right side.

            See links to History and Politics in Shakespeare's Day (grp #5) and Society and Culture in Shakespeare's Day (grp#4 & grp #6)

 

 Use the Bookmark on your chrome book or follow this link the the VRC;

 

 

http://xaaa.calypso.scoolaid.net/bin/vrc/vrcList

 

Username: sayvillehs   Password: shs123

 

The Internet Shakespeare Editions - brought to us by professor Micheal Best, at Victoria University in Australia, this site shows us a look at everything Shakespeare!

          Select the Life and Times from the tabs across the top.

           Then select from the various links, ie. Life, Stage and Society for information about daily living during this famous author's life.

            See City Life and then Country Life

 

http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/intro/index.html