Most students are probably not aware that copyright protection laws are relatively new, so they might be surprised to learn just how many famous authors like Shakespeare borrowed and adapted others’ ideas. They should already know (I hope) that Stephanie Meyer’s books aren’t entirely original vampire stories, but they probably don’t know how many ...

If you are looking for engaging, easy-to-adopt (or adapt) Shakespeare lesson plans, one of the best resources online for anything Shakespeare is the Folger library.  I’m deep in the first act of Romeo and Juliet with my students right now, so I’ve been spending a lot of time browsing the net for new stuff.  One of the problems with Shakespeare ...

In my last post I mentioned a project I have been working on.  It’s more-or-less done now so I thought I would write briefly about it here.  I hope to develop it more, but as they say, it’s never done, just due.  I developed this project for a Visual Literacies class I just finished at Northern Arizona University (online).  The Shakespeare Pages ...