Educational Resources

The National Endowment for the Arts, in partnership with Arts Midwest, is delighted to provide you with a wide range of resources to deepen and broaden your knowledge of, and appreciation for, Shakespeare's work. In this section, you will find information on the playwright, the Elizabethan period in which he lived and wrote, Shakespeare in America, and much more. For information on each of Shakespeare's 38 plays, please refer to The Plays section of this website.

Recitation Contest Certificate

Teachers can download this award certificate to present to students who win the recitation contest as described in the educational toolkit's Recitation Contest booklet.