Walking in Shakespeare's shoes : connecting his world and ours using primary sources /

Steelman, Sheridan Lynn, 1950-

Walking in Shakespeare's shoes : connecting his world and ours using primary sources / Sheridan Lynn Steelman. - Champaign : National Council of Teachers of English, (c)2022. - 1 online resource (xii, 295 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographies and index.

Preface -- Introduction -- A maiden voyage with Romeo and Juliet -- Unfolding Hamlet -- Teaching Macbeth in the AP world -- Middle school magic and Midsummer -- Discovering Shakespeare's sonnets -- Shakespeare book clubs -- Appendix A: Primary documents -- Appendix B: Shakespeare teaching strategies -- Appendix C: Primary document teaching strategies -- Appendix D: Researching primary and secondary documents -- Appendix E: Sonnet project presentation ideas -- Appendix F: Contemporary fiction based on Shakespeare plays -- Appendix G: Teacher online resources.

This book proposes and explores a historical and cultural approach to teaching Shakespeare, situating the plays and sonnets in a tumultuous early modern world. The narrative invites teachers to imagine how middle and high school students connect with rigorous and older texts. The approach helps students in secondary grades connect to the work and raises academic and intellectual expectations.



9780814144534


Electronic Books.

PR2987 / .W355 2022