Folger Education host workshops on a wide variety of topics in the Washington, DC area.
Shakespeare Set Free
October 26, 2009
4:00pm-7:00pm
This interdisciplinary workshop, modeled after the Folger’s innovative Shakespeare Set Free book series, offers a performance-based approach to teaching Shakespeare to students of all abilities in grades 3-12. By using theater games and other activities, teachers will discover ways to help their students explore Shakespeare’s plays. Workshop fee of $70 includes our new toolkit containing a flash drive with teaching materials, dvds, "Page-to-Stage" festival handbook, and a copy of Shakespeare Set Free.
Page to Stage
November 14, 2009
8:30am-12:30pm
This workshop provides instruction on how to edit a script, cast a play, conduct rehearsals, and other techniques necessary for putting on a Shakespeare play with your students. Workshop fee is $50 and includes the Folger "Page-to-Stage" handbook.
Sonnet Saturday
January 30, 2010
9:30am-12:30pm
Join us for active, practical approaches to reading, writing, acting, and teaching sonnets by Shakespeare and others. Workshop fee is $15.
Poetry Inspired by Shakespeare
February 6, 2010
9:30am-12:30pm
This interactive workshop will give teachers the opportunity to read poetry based on Shakespeare’s plays and try their hands at writing Shakespeare-inspired poems of their own. No poetry-writing experience necessary. Workshop fee is $15.
20th Annual Student-Teacher Workshop
February 8, 2010
8:30am-3:30pm
Team up with two of your students and learn about Shakespeare together in this active, practical workshop. Workshop fee is $50 for each team of one teacher and two students, grades 3–12.
Shakespeare & Media
February 22, 2010
4:30pm-7:30pm
This workshop will demonstrate a series of exciting new approaches and online resources for teaching Shakespeare, including Hypertext, Audacity, Voice Thread, Wordle, Pixton, Voxopop, and MovieMaker/iMovie that will challenge students to create authentic web-based assignments such as voice and video discussion threads, podcasts, YouTube Videos, and illuminated texts. The workshop fee is $50.
