John Maguire, BBC March 17, 2014 A new drive has begun to get more young people interested in the works of Shakespeare. Thousands of primary schools across the UK are taking part to try to find fun ways to celebrate his life and legacy.[…continued]
Folger Education, Folger Shakespeare Library March 11, 2014 We have teachers ask us all the time how to introduce Shakespeare’s language in a way that’s engaging to students. One possible approach: young adult novels that weave the Bard’s words along with the kind of dialogue familiar to students. “That Shakespeare Kid,” by Folger Education’s senior consultant Michael LoMonico, presents just this combination. Fourteen-year-old […]
Donna Cornelius, Over The Mountain Journal (Birmingham, AL) March 4, 2014 Those who have only a nodding acquaintance with Shakespeare might think history’s most well-known playwright had scant respect for lawyers. And it’s all because of a line that’s often misinterpreted: “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers,” from Henry VI, Part 2. Birmingham attorney Kim West […]
Folger Education 02/21/2014 The Folger Shakespeare Library, an independent research library in Washington D.C. home of the journal Shakespeare Quarterly and the world’s largest collected of Shakespeare’s printed works, is currently taking applications for their Teaching Shakespeare Institute. This program, open to 25 middle and high school teachers and lasting from June 29th to July 26th, is centered around an […]
RSC Invites Schools To World’s Biggest Shakespeare Lesson Children from all over the UK are invited to take part in the world’s biggest Shakespeare lesson when the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) streams Henry IV Parts I and II direct into classrooms up and down the country this summer. The RSC’s school broadcasts series began last year with a stream of […]
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