TEACHING RESOURCES.
Explore our range of engaging teaching resources for all ages and levels
Whether you’re teaching remotely, working from home with your children, or teaching in school, you’ll find a range of inspiring resources from Shakespeare’s Globe.
Options to support you include:
TEACHING RESOURCES
Use Teach Shakespeare to find, use and save hundreds of teaching resources designed to make lesson planning easy and innovative.
You can access these dynamic and relevant resources from anywhere, to help build your schemes of work for 11-18 year olds. Search the free database by play, resource type, or teaching level.
You can save favourites, organise them into folders, share these with others and make notes on the go.
Discover MoreTEACHER TRAINING
CPD Sessions can be arranged online, at the Globe or in your school.
Courses can be devised to meet your particular curriculum requirements and staff development needs. Sessions can be run for individuals, selected members of staff or whole departments.
Sessions can be tailored for teachers and trainee teachers of Key Stages 1 – 5, across a range of subjects.
Discover MorePLAYING SHAKESPEARE WITH DEUTSCHE BANK
There are free online resources for the plays that have been performed as part of our annual project for schools.
Over the past ten years we’ve created a wealth of teaching resources for various key curriculum Shakespeare plays. These resources can still be found on the individual production websites that offer a variety of creative ways for students to engage with language, character, themes and performance.
Discover MoreONLINE EVENTS
We run an ongoing programme of online events, workshops and courses.
You can attend from anywhere in the world, from the comfort of your home.
New workshops and events for students and teachers are regularly being added – browse what is currently available by visiting What’s On and filtering venue by ‘At Home’.
Discover MoreGLOBE ON SCREEN
Macbeth (2020)
Access hundreds of previous Globe On Screen productions via Bloomsbury’s schools portal.
Wherever you are in the world, bring Shakespeare alive for your students through watching and discussing multiple interpretations of scenes, or watch entire plays to introduce your classes to themes, characters and structure in Shakespeare’s canon.
From Mark Rylance and Stephen Fry in Twelfth Night to Michelle Terry as Hamlet, there’s a play to capture the imagination of every student.
Also explore other ways to stream our productions via our ‘Watch’ page.
Discover MorePLAYGROUND
Introduce those aged 5 – 11 to Shakespeare with our playful activities.
Primary school students can learn about Shakespeare’s most famous plays, tackle our puzzles and get creative.
This range of online interactive resources allows pupils to watch, read, make and play as they connect with Shakespeare’s plays, themes and characters.
Discover MoreGLOBE 360° iOS APP
This free app allows anyone in the world to explore a virtual version of the world’s most iconic theatre.
Explore our 3D virtual reality theatre constructed with multiple 360 degree photography and interactive hotspots. Packed with interesting facts, videos and photos; the Globe 360° iOS app is free, and contains an optional in-app purchase for more exclusive content.
Don’t have an Apple device? Try our online Virtual tour instead.
Discover MoreTEXTBOOKS
Hodder Education’s textbooks for classroom study are designed for teaching Key Stages 3 – 4.
The series offers active theatre-based approaches to understanding the play and resources that enable students to engage with language and key themes.
They offer: easy-to-use resources with activities directly opposite the text; a clear glossary; active approaches to help students understand characterisation, themes and language; actors’ viewpoints from a range of productions that introduce students to differing interpretations of the play. These textbooks also contain examiner’s notes to prepare students for success in controlled assessment and examinations (covering each awarding body).
Discover MoreDISCOVER
Read stories, listen to podcasts and explore our history.
Explore Shakespeare and the Globe with the Discover pages of our website.
Find out about Shakespeare’s world and the story of the Globe, take a peek backstage and listen to our new podcast, browse new blogs every week, and more.
Discover MoreMAILING LIST
When we release new learning resources you can be notified by email.
Sign up to our mailing list today and don’t forget to tick the ‘Learning activities and teaching resources’ box before clicking the sign up button.
Here are some recent emails our teachers enjoyed, the sort of thing we might send you during this time when we are here to support the ever-changing way you teach Shakespeare…
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