Shakespeare Research Project
A Pathfinder for Mr. Chambers

You will be learning about different topics from Shakespeare's time.  This path finder will have different topics for you to research.  If you have trouble finding anything, or need an appropriate resource you found at home unblocked, please ask Mrs. D. and she will check the site and unblock it if possible. 

If you would like to learn more about Shakespeare's time, follow the links on this pathfinder. It will help you find information in your school library media center and on the Internet about it.

  Print Resources-Books and Magazines

There are several excellent books about Shakespeare and his times. A few of the books are listed below. To locate more books, use the suggested keywords and phrases to search the online library catalog.
 

NONFICTION BOOKS

Shakespeare's lives by S. Schoenbaum                822.3 SCH

Shakespeare A to Z by Charles Boyce                  822.33 BOY

The Renaissance & Early Modern Era 1454-1600  909.5 GRE

Renaissance vol. 1-10                                               940.21 REN

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Online Resources--Internet Sites

The Web sites listed on this page have been previewed and selected for this topic. If additional information is needed, use the suggested keywords and phrases to search the Internet.

General Sites

City Life

Crime and Punishment in Elizabethan England

Sites on Shakespeare and the Renaissance

Life in Elizabethan England

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet

Queen Elizabeth

Folger Shakespeare Library

Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

Elizabethan Fashion

Shakespeare's Life and Plays

Shakespeare's Life and Times

Seven Ages of Shakespeare's Life

Shakespeare Authorship Question

The Globe

The Globe Theater

The New Globe Theater

Old Globe Theater History

The Plague

CDC Page on the Plague

The Plague

Middle Ages -- The Black Death

The Black Death -- 1348

VERONA

History of Verona

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Dewey Decimal Numbers to Browse

If you want to browse the shelves in the library to locate information about [TOPIC], look for these numbers:

940.21 (Renaissance)          619.4 (Plague)          822.3 (Shakespeare Criticism)

921 (Biography)                   792 (Architecture)   

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Keywords and Phrases for Searching

Do you need additional information? Try using these words and phrases to search Magazine Index, the library online catalog, CD-ROM or print encyclopedias or the World Wide Web:

Renaissance and culture           Francis Bacon                          Christopher Marlowe

Black Death                               Elizabethan   +search term       Globe Theater              

Plague                                       Queen Elizabeth I                      Renaissance +costumes

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