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"Romeo and Juliet", one of William Shakespeare's most iconic tragedies, tells the poignant tale of young love and family conflict. Set in Verona, Italy, the story revolves around the passionate romance between Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, members of feuding families.
The star-crossed lovers meet at a masquerade ball and quickly fall deeply in love, despite their families' bitter rivalry. Their secret relationship leads to a series of events...
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William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" is a gripping political drama that delves into the complex themes of power, betrayal, and the consequences of ambition.
Set in ancient Rome, the play unfolds in the wake of Caesar's triumphant return from war. As the city celebrates his victories, a group of senators, including Brutus and Cassius, grows increasingly concerned about Caesar's growing influence and potential tyranny. They plot his assassination...
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"Crafting projects that provide literacy and curriculum ideas to enrich the classroom Make It! Write It! Read It! develops art and literacy skills through the craft of bookmaking, inspiring elementary-aged children to read, write, and tell stories with their creations. Creative, fun, field-tested projects include 17 different blank book designs such as accordion fold, coffee filter, hanging tassel, and paper bag books. These designs are then applied...
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"Set in Messina, the play begins as Don Pedro’s army returns after a victory. Benedick, a gentleman soldier, resumes a verbal duel with Beatrice, the niece of Messina’s governor, Leonato. Count Claudio is smitten by Leonato’s daughter, Hero. After Don Pedro woos her in disguise for Claudio, the two young lovers plan to marry in a week. To fill in the time until the wedding, Don Pedro and the others set about tricking Benedick and Beatrice into...
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Planning a school or amateur Shakespeare production? The best way to experience the plays is to perform them, but getting started can be a challenge: The complete plays are too long and complex, while scene selections or simplified language are too limited. "The 30-Minute Shakespeare" is a new series of abridgements that tell the "story" of each play from start to finish while keeping the beauty of Shakespeare's language intact. Specific stage directions...
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One of William Shakespeare's most farcical comedies, "The Comedy of Errors" is notable for its use of mistaken identity to achieve a slapstick comedic effect. Ripe with the bard's characteristic word play, the comedy concerns the lives of two sets of identical twins that were accidentally separated shortly after their birth. The play begins by the elderly Syracusian trader Egeon relating the back-story of his family. When Egeon was young, he married...
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Foster Classroom Questions is a teacher's resource intended for use in lesson planning, and in the classroom. It contains 112 questions to provoke student engagement and personal response while studying Claire Keegan's novel.
Why choose to study Foster by Claire Keegan?
• Themes of family, relationships, loneliness, identity and loss.
• The setting of the Irish countryside.
• Engaging narration of the girl.
• Beautifully written.
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Maestros, profesores y padres, todos aquellos que se interesan por la educación sienten nostalgia por un pasado concebido como edad dorada en la cual todos leían y escribían, ninguno tenía dificultades para vincularse con la cultura escrita, los chicos llegaban alfabetizados a la escuela, ser docente no sólo era una forma de ascender socialmente sino también un trabajo donde no era necesario inventar, constantemente, nuevos modos de enseñar...
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Movies offer us images (and usually sounds) that "throw our nerves in patterns on a screen" (Eliot). In other words, they express the neurological hyperactivity of modern subjects. Films are affect machines, in this respect. Each has its own heartbeat (narrative highs and lows), dramatic expansions and contractions (montage), and changing patterns and light (cinematography). Viewers engage with these affect machines viscerally, such that we are like...
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This collection of ideas and lesson plans will help classroom and home-school teachers integrate art into their general curriculum. These inventive and effective methods use the visual arts to inspire creative writing and drama; explore math, music, science, and history; and cultivate critical thinking skills. Art instructors will learn strategies for incorporating other areas of study into the art classroom. Ranging from thought-provoking suggestions...
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HEART ON THE PAGE: A PORTABLE WRITING WORKSHOP is an inspirational guide for individual writers and writing instructors who work in institutions, non-profit organizations, and healing centers. It interweaves stories of workshops held in community spaces with practical advice on how to guide, encourage and inspire writers who may not think of themselves as writers but have a story to tell. Suggestions of specific poems and prompts to access intuitive...
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Este libro aborda diversas problemáticas que plantea la enseñanza de la lengua desde una perspectiva social y cultural. Las escenas de clase en las que se trabajaron distintos contenidos del área, los relatos de prácticas docentes en las que se utilizaron variados libros de texto, las producciones escritas de alumnos de diferentes escuelas públicas y privadas, las transcripciones de las voces de docentes y alumnos y el recorrido por múltiples...
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Exploring Chords and Scales is an amazing 138 pages of information that can turn you into a master guitarist on either the acoustic or electric guitar! This course is literally two books in one and includes a complete study of primary scales, pentatonic scales, rock and blues, and an advanced study of modes, as well as a "Working Musicians Chord Dictionary". The joys of playing lead and rhythm guitar and so much more are about to be explored, discovered...
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Scene by Scene guides are teaching resources. They are short books of questions, designed to save teachers time and lead to rewarding classroom experiences. Each guide is broken down by scene or chapter, to match and complement the text it accompanies. This means that the teacher is provided with a clear list of questions, at every stage of teaching the text. These questions can be used in class, or as homework, and so provide underlying structure...
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Este libro es una invitación a distanciarse de las posiciones más generalizadas en el ámbito escolar, y también en la opinión pública, acerca de la lectura de literatura, la comprensión lectora y el placer de la lectura. "Distanciarse" significa poner en suspenso dichas perspectivas para analizarlas como creencias arraigadas en torno a las dificultades que los alumnos de la escuela media tendrían a la hora de leer textos literarios. La propuesta...
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A Doll's House Classroom Questions contains 60 questions and 24 teacher pointers, divided by Act, to keep students engaged and actively thinking about the play.
Why choose to study A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen?
• Themes of marriage, friendship, equality and identity.
• Modern setting.
• Engaging characters — Nora and Torvald Helmer.
• Interesting storyline.
• Examination of the role of women in society and the limits and expectations...
19) Quick Hits for Teaching with Digital Humanities: Successful Strategies from Award-Winning Teachers
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Quick Hits for Teaching with Digital Humanities: Successful Strategies from Award-Winning Teachers is an edited collection of 24 articles that aims to introduce faculty, administrators, and staff to ways in which digital techniques from the arts, humanities, and social sciences can be incorporated in the classroom. These techniques can enhance learning and professional development experiences for undergraduate and graduate students and faculty alike....
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This book presents the thirty-year history of the State of New Jersey's involvement in Holocaust and Genocide education with the establishment of a Council/Commission by Governor Tom Kean and the passage of the legislative "Mandate" in 1994 that students in all grades must learn about the Holocaust and genocide. The book highlights many of the programs and curriculum developments over the years and the importance of the network of Holocaust and Genocide...
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