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Shakespeare for Kids: His Life and Times
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By Colleen Aagesen and Margie Blumberg. Twenty-one activities, from making a pomander ball to staging a fencing duel, encourage students to have fun learning about Shakespeare’s life and work. Organized around five "acts" (Shakespeare’s early years, his marriage and family, his career in London, his homecoming, and his works’ life after his death), this richly illustrated book invites readers to use their imaginations while composing a sonnet, painting a scene, and making a folio. Whimsical text speculates on what Shakespeare’s life must have been like, using many quotes from his poetry, and sidebars explain unfamiliar words or historical information. Grades 4–8. Bibliography. Glossary. Web site list. Illustrated. 11" x 8˝". Chicago Review Press. 149 pages. ©1999. |
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Shakespeare Set Free: Teaching Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Four essays are included in part 1: "Triple-Threat Shakespeare," "The Flaw in the Flaw," "The King James Version of Macbeth," and "Shakespeare's Clowns and Fools." Part 2 explains Michael Tolaydo's method of bringing a "three-dimensional" Shakespeare into every classroom by doing Shakespeare. Part 3 provides handouts and day-by-day teaching strategies for the three plays. 274 pages. ©1993. |
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Teaching Shakespeare
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By Rex Gibson. Asserting that "Shakespeare is not a museum exhibit with a large `Do Not Touch' label," this valuable resource brims with interactive approaches to teaching Shakespeare's language, plots, characters, and themes. The heart of the handbook presents dozens of written and physical classroom activities including dramatic storytelling, scenework, art projects, directing exercises and more. Also outlined are reasons for teaching Shakespeare, principles of active teaching methods, and recent developments in Shakespeare scholarship (including feminist, psychoanalytic, and political perspectives) and their classroom applications. A special chapter focuses on Shakespeare for younger students. Teacher resource. Cambridge University Press. Indexes. 258 pages. ©1998. |
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The World of Shakespeare
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By Anna Claybourne and Rebecca Treays. In London circa 1600, Shakespeare was the "hot ticket." What did he write about, and why did people flock to see his plays performed in seedy Bankside or Southwark beyond the walled city? This delightful guide with captioned photos, illustrations, maps, and short readings is a perfect introduction to Shakespeare and a feast for readers already familiar with his enduring tales. Among 22 topics covered in beautifully formatted double-page spreads are "London Life," "Elizabethan Beliefs," "The Comedies," "Later History Plays," "Shakespeare's Language," "Performing Shakespeare," and "Shakespeare as Inspiration." Includes plot summaries, a who's who, glossaries of terms and characters, a timeline, and a quiz. Grades 5 and up. Index. 8˝" x 11". Usborne. 64 pages. ©1996. |
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