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How to teach your children Shakespeare / Ken Ludwig.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Crown Publishers, [2013]Edition: First editionDescription: xv, 348 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0307951499
  • 9780307951496 :
Subject(s):
Contents:
A midsummer's night's dream -- Twelfth night -- Romeo and Juliet -- Interlude. Shakespeare's life and an overview of his work -- Macbeth -- Henry IV, part 1 -- As you like it -- Henry V -- Interlude. Hooray for Heminges and Condell -- Hamlet -- The tempest -- Appendix 1. A chronological list of Shakespeare's plays -- Appendix 2. Five additional longer passages -- Appendix 3. Fifty-five additional passages to teach your children if they want to continue -- Appendix 4. A list of favorite epigrams -- Appendix 5. Sample quotation pages.
Summary: Outlines an engaging way to instill an understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's classic works in children, outlining a family-friendly method that incorporates the history of Shakespearean theater and society.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 822.33 L948 Available 33111007163351
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's 822.33 L948 Available 33111007149020
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A foolproof, enormously fun method of teaching your children the classic works of William Shakespeare
 
William Shakespeare's plays are among the great bedrocks of Western civilization and contain the finest writing of the past 450 years. Many of the best novels, plays, poetry, and films in the English language produced since Shakespeare's death in 1616--from Jane Austen to  The Godfather --are heavily influenced by Shakespeare's stories, characters, language, and themes.  In a sense, his works are a kind of Bible for the modern world, bringing us together intellectually and spiritually.  Hamlet, Juliet, Macbeth, Ophelia, and a vast array of other singular Shakespearean characters have become the archetypes of our consciousness. To know some Shakespeare provides a head start in life.  In  How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare,  acclaimed playwright Ken Ludwig provides the tools you need to instill an understanding, and a love, of Shakespeare's works in your children, and to have fun together along the way.
 
        Ken Ludwig devised his methods while teaching his own children, and his approach is friendly and easy to master. Beginning with  memorizing short specific passages from Shakespeare's plays, this method then instills children with cultural references they will utilize for years to come. Ludwig's approach includes understanding of the time period and implications of Shakespeare's diction as well as the invaluable lessons behind his words and stories.  Colorfully incorporating the history of Shakespearean theater and society,  How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare  guides readers on an informed and adventurous journey through the world in which the Bard wrote.
 
This book's simple process allows anyone to impart to children the wisdom of plays like  A Midsummer Night's Dream ,  Twelfth Night, Macbeth,  and  Romeo and Juliet . And there's fun to be had along the way. Shakespeare novices and experts, and readers of all ages, will each find something delightfully irresistible in  How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [329]-343).

A midsummer's night's dream -- Twelfth night -- Romeo and Juliet -- Interlude. Shakespeare's life and an overview of his work -- Macbeth -- Henry IV, part 1 -- As you like it -- Henry V -- Interlude. Hooray for Heminges and Condell -- Hamlet -- The tempest -- Appendix 1. A chronological list of Shakespeare's plays -- Appendix 2. Five additional longer passages -- Appendix 3. Fifty-five additional passages to teach your children if they want to continue -- Appendix 4. A list of favorite epigrams -- Appendix 5. Sample quotation pages.

Outlines an engaging way to instill an understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's classic works in children, outlining a family-friendly method that incorporates the history of Shakespearean theater and society.

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