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Shakespeare, Theatre, and Arts Education:

Impact and Resources

Impact of Shakespeare in Education

Impact and Research | Education | Royal Shakespeare Company

https://www.rsc.org.uk/education/impact-and-research/

The RSC has been conducting exciting research on the educational impact of teaching Shakespeare through rehearsal techniques, and has been partnering with schools to develop these educational programs.

PARTNERSHIPS: RSC Education works in partnership with schools, theatres, universities and other organisations both across the UK and internationally.

https://www.rsc.org.uk/education/about-rsc-education/how-your-school-can-work-with-us/partnerships

CASE STUDY: CHANGING ATTITUDES AND ATTAINMENT THROUGH REHEARSAL ROOM TECHNIQUES

https://www.rsc.org.uk/education/about-rsc-education/research-into-our-work/research-and-evaluation/case-study-changing-attitudes-and-attainment-through-rehearsal-room-techniques

Arts are essential for young people | Royal Shakespeare Company

https://www.rsc.org.uk/news/arts-are-essential-for-young-people?fbclid=IwAR3-IZeEYljbXEql-EttM16JKaxYT_UqeiCV3oTis5Dk_AY38gG8vxS03M8

ORIGINAL SWAGGER: How I discovered Shakespeare through hip-hop

https://dramatics.org/original-swagger/?fbclid=IwAR0NzKZHlb-AoMbVlms5usPZM2ty2Lf9ccgyMz7AG3DQMcs6_mp_BK4AuHE

High School Students Need More Shakespeare Not Less

https://www.onstageblog.com/columns/2016/11/3/high-school-students-need-more-shakespeare-not-less?rq=Student&fbclid=IwAR1JaIXoORhWzgTV716AFPis6JFnt41vPRzKhXP8ZzLyiU1eR-N_gsb5SOQ

How NOT to Hate Shakespeare | Rob Crisell | TEDxTemecula

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh3gMcOUFao&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1s3tVetWTY3plfIYSNP5pqUm7L-dtO-EbmZNZC8i8Qj4q-7gdwUp8V5WA&app=desktop

Shakespeare doesn't need rewriting - spiked

https://www.spiked-online.com/2019/06/24/shakespeare-doesnt-need-rewriting/?fbclid=IwAR3AVufEfC_W0vOAUCHNPuzwizkyfdB_lx-xBp0RxVnuVBBOUtzHiq_TxTY

Why are we doing this? | First Encounter: The Taming Of The Shrew | Royal Shakespeare Company - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpI_MKwspEE

As You Like It Documentary By Fiona Shaw - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bTlH-EQSJE

'Let's kill Prospero!' Primary students fall under Shakespeare's spell | Stage | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2019/jul/05/shakespeare-for-primary-students-orange-tree-tempest?CMP=share_btn_fb&fbclid=IwAR36UbgVBd-T7_LmRgeQe2uqPpPxPUdPYJc_FjxE0iyUO0o8m4pDC-y_op4

Can Shakespeare teach us to be better citizens? | University Affairs

https://www.universityaffairs.ca/opinion/adventures-in-academe/can-shakespeare-teach-us-to-be-better-citizens/?fbclid=IwAR1wIvcjLyOllsRF_eP-X4glRcnPlxHjqIOk-J76E81KfR8v1FMBwxh3hhw

Shakespeare and me: Dame Judi Dench | Culture | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2012/jul/01/judi-dench-shakespeare-and-me-hamlet

Shakespeare and me: Thea Sharrock | Culture | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2012/jul/01/shakespeare-and-me-thea-sharrock

Love reading Shakespeare? It can trigger a sudden burst of drama in your brain - The Economic Times

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/love-reading-shakespeare-it-can-trigger-a-sudden-burst-of-drama-in-your-brain/articleshow/70945511.cms?fbclid=IwAR3omf8YElEcFJMyEsDxYP9WFVq_JwxUsZbogeGBQS9twuldGfJaRPPbOJs&from=mdr

Around the Globe (And Blackfriars) September | American Shakespeare Center

https://americanshakespearecenter.com/2019/09/around-the-globe-and-blackfriars-september/?fbclid=IwAR1BOBA6pjCy9LBv1T-MbVaBJ54DEEb6pRQpNlBdR5GDS27ewB-4ZK89-L0

Veterans Find A Path to Healing Through Shakespeare - Mad In America

https://www.madinamerica.com/2019/10/veterans-find-path-to-healing-through-shakespeare/?fbclid=IwAR25Fsr_H7heRIEawxjeL7Oc-1W5KYzYLSbb-aAYvHw80FS3MZmXhKU6oMw

Why Should We Read William Shakespeare? Four Animated Videos Make the Case | Open Culture

http://www.openculture.com/2019/12/why-should-we-read-william-shakespeare.html?fbclid=IwAR3fZsC8WOWcnXm8RiguSe8uSt0DVdPANndf6SHAXes7MaLYok4S-MsOaos

To Baby or Not to Baby: Shakespeare Show for Theatergoers Who Are Barely Walking - WSJ

https://www.wsj.com/articles/to-baby-or-not-to-baby-shakespeare-show-for-theatergoers-who-are-barely-walking-11578523380?fbclid=IwAR37xzJO2cWaJ1uxEbfz8gZSx-4Aae6uqj3CIDAInjWtw1X_XzqwQ26aSoU

Teaching Social Justice Through Shakespeare - Edinburgh University Press

https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-teaching-social-justice-through-shakespeare.html?fbclid=IwAR2uXadoRVNX72JgRnSd_UU7aMSh6Sc5M8rJYS6HeQ3jpsL3rE0sdtyz8VI

Measure for Measure and the #MeToo Movement | Shakespeare Uncovered | PBS LearningMedia

https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/shak18.ela.lit.measure.for.measure/measure-for-measure-and-the-metoo-movement-shakespeare-uncovered/?utm_source=Chesapeake%20Shakespeare%20Company%20News&utm_campaign=a84a18cd9a-preshow%20eblast%20001&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c0f9038051-a84a18cd9a-140241917&fbclid=IwAR0S8vrwzxT4jW3Bmr_BFgMmatcqC8xLsRIa_Ge3ylvZvnwqF074K4JBar8#.XhelqBdKiqQ

Arts and the Economy

Why The Arts Are The Great Unappreciated Engine Of The U.S. Economy

https://www.forbes.com/sites/benjaminwolff/2019/03/19/why-the-arts-are-the-great-unappreciated-engine-of-the-u-s-economy/?fbclid=IwAR0CaiK-i9OzMMoE22jQzAxtIWHEa6LlRcaA0gjisoLANxWBgIJDujz7T-w#3e0dee501709

Arts Sector Contributed $763.6 Billion to U.S. Economy—More Than Agriculture or Transportation - Artsy

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-arts-sector-contributed-7636-billion-economy-agriculture-transportation?fbclid=IwAR3tVCwu-onC987QWvjicM0ABjuW2XVPEXEubk-iF-VfNvp99TgkmgJGJlQ

Shakespeare: Teaching resources

Teaching Shakespeare | Introducing Iambic Pentameter | Royal Shakespeare Company

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ANp0cbRasU

Teaching Shakespeare - Unit 4 - Exploring the Imagery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwFpiqGQVFg

RSC’s “Education” Youtube Playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUsuT-xf9f0&list=PL0F1C17758F2193AA

Brave Spirits Theatre’s TEXT ANALYSIS GUIDE

https://www.bravespiritstheatre.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/BST-Text-Analysis-2019-3.pdf

Brave Spirits Theatre, other resources

https://www.bravespiritstheatre.com/resources/

What Is the Folger Method? - Folger Shakespeare Library

https://teachingshakespeare.folger.edu/about-us/folger-method

Folger Shakespeare Library

https://www.folger.edu/

Teaching Shakespeare - Forsooth - Folger Shakespeare Library

https://teachingshakespeare.folger.edu/home?_ga=2.146835635.508218601.1578638916-166360192.1576194711

Books (for purchase--some for direct download, some in paperback or Kindle):

American Shakespeare Center Study Guides

https://americanshakespearecenter.com/product_type/study-guides/

RSC books for teachers

https://shop.rsc.org.uk/collections/for-teachers-education?from=nav

Creative Shakespeare: The Globe Education Guide to Practical Shakespeare (Arden Shakespeare)

https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Shakespeare-Globe-Education-Practical/dp/1408156849

Shakespeare on Toast: Getting a Taste for the Bard Second Edition

by Ben Crystal

https://www.amazon.com/Shakespeare-Toast-Getting-Taste-Bard/dp/1785780301/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=shakespeare+on+toast&qid=1581605834&s=books&sr=1-1

ShakesFear and How to Cure It: The Complete Handbook for Teaching Shakespeare (The Arden Shakespeare) Paperback – May 3, 2018

by Ralph Alan Cohen

https://www.amazon.com/ShakesFear-How-Cure-Complete-Shakespeare/dp/1474228712

Impact of Theatre and Arts Education

Extra arts education boosts students’ writing scores — and their compassion, big new study finds

https://chalkbeat.org/posts/us/2019/02/12/study-arts-education-boosted-compassion-and-writing-scores/?fbclid=IwAR1ol_JBvxirIGzvgS-MX8a6x4V4EJzww10OrpbylyiEvpAlKUUxHK5sO1U

Live From 458 B.C., What the Greeks Mean to Me - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/26/theater/oresteia-shakespeare-theater-company.html?fbclid=IwAR3u4SbOEjRTQxwzTatE723my5TlAUfKgm1i8V8FAakEZ0KiV1Fp5fy3J-w

What the theater has taught me about Washington - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-the-theater-has-taught-me-about-washington/2019/05/31/157ba55a-8329-11e9-95a9-e2c830afe24f_story.html?fbclid=IwAR2yMM-OlQFECbgA7qGJijf2WyRtgLlU63G-8xyxLusAZ39gXpV36Y-9QlU&noredirect=on&utm_term=.4dd382aeede3

Extra arts education boosts students’ writing scores — and their compassion, big new study finds

https://chalkbeat.org/posts/us/2019/02/12/study-arts-education-boosted-compassion-and-writing-scores/?fbclid=IwAR2BPpL9qn5Dno3HuHGwv_HrCGvgn_InlHlBLKwMSUTTCtjpW2Kx3I8YNHo

“Children need art and stories and poems and music as much as they need love and food and fresh air and play. “ | Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

https://astridlindgrenmemorialaward.wordpress.com/2015/12/17/children-need-art-and-stories-and-poems-and-music-as-much-as-they-need-love-and-food-and-fresh-air-and-play/?fbclid=IwAR0uJbPpVT3FnMgdcChycrRbqBO7wI5AwzenTJz9Ei_9osU7m3ieJmQB7hg

What is theatre capable of? Simon Stone at TEDxSydney - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6VFfGvAVZI

How Portland’s black community and police are sharing their stories through theater | PBS NewsHour

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-portlands-black-community-and-police-are-sharing-their-stories-through-theater?fbclid=IwAR0XHmoo_C7hvkUddLwBDW33A1WsMsJAW0mLxItsrWCBcidmL1IDS2Xp0IU

Why High School Musicals Should Be As Respected As Sports Programs Are

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/why-musicals-should-be-as-respected-as-sports-programs

Study finds live theater enhances student learning, empathy | Campus | purdueexponent.org

https://www.purdueexponent.org/campus/article_f3e6de5d-23f7-595d-a35f-7c93a49a9347.html?fbclid=IwAR27jnkp0uCKrzcFyQCzak8tQHDNrDNDIedwDwibzE64PgR3ntM7leTAqsQ

'Arts teaching could become more important than maths in tech-based future' – education expert

https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2019/arts-teaching-become-important-maths-tech-based-future-education-expert/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=christmasnewsletter

Amid push for STEM education, arts instructors stress value of theater | Education Dive

https://www.educationdive.com/news/amid-push-for-stem-education-arts-instructors-stress-value-of-theater/547511/

AMERICAN THEATRE | NYC Mayor’s Office to Subsidize Students’ Theatre Tickets

https://www.americantheatre.org/2019/06/03/nyc-mayors-office-to-subsidize-students-theatre-tickets/?fbclid=IwAR2HdmmhlXCAujnnAWvkrKjFFUaRsW8x-oa07-7ZMzERh5Q7SejYivTrLuE

Dance Education and Impact

The dancing species: how moving together in time helps make us human | Aeon Ideas

https://aeon.co/ideas/the-dancing-species-how-moving-together-in-time-helps-make-us-human

'I Loved Myself for the First Time': Women Prisoners Heal Trauma with Dance - VICE

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/d35y37/womens-prison-ptsd-dance-program-dance-to-be-free?fbclid=IwAR1afK53X3lR0ySxAdMqq5EtCu6yBmuruN9zFpt6XKkjA4qo87G8fTf2lxM

What's the best dance class for young children? - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/parents-youre-enrolling-your-little-ones-in-the-wrong-kind-of-dance-class/2019/10/09/158aaaa6-e935-11e9-bafb-da248f8d5734_story.html?fbclid=IwAR24-vc8A2cYHiLKlojwr6ufcw_seTxgYfVUqN9daW5KCMZXFhsMKBPufCw

Music Education and Impact

Music ed isn’t a luxury. All of our children should be learning music

https://www.aare.edu.au/blog/?p=4629&fbclid=IwAR3ZFYXglYfc96FpttEYkx2l27Rwl6lJ9Dzlf8eN9OTJd9uzfaLd2mFZm8I

Music Lessons Were the Best Thing Your Parents Ever Did for You, According to Science

https://www.mic.com/articles/110628/13-scientific-studies-prove-music-lessons-were-the-best-thing-your-parents-did-for-you?fbclid=IwAR3xucJBiLtHafpFtaxVuFdkAttNJEEP6JtYUeGOqhiVQWYnz9YAPUULzXY

Ten Reasons To Let Your Kid Major In Music

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2017/06/04/ten-reasons-to-let-your-kid-major-in-music/?fbclid=IwAR2uyvkpwY0QFemveDcATt1f9Dt-j8D1FebeBuNqEvmfr40JPwfOim5Uq2A#5f069e2e1062

Evaluating the Effect of No Child Left Behind on U.S. Music Course Enrollments - Kenneth Elpus, 2014

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0022429414530759

The Tragic Decline of Music Literacy (and Quality) | Intellectual Takeout

https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/article/tragic-decline-music-literacy-and-quality?fbclid=IwAR1TC8HVdH_ACBa4nVX93vg79hz4Bpw5GF8dQnhW3jX9XPQ2i7BsiclctWY

High School Students Do Better In Science, Math And English If They Also Take Music Lessons

https://www.forbes.com/sites/evaamsen/2019/06/25/high-school-students-do-better-in-science-math-and-english-if-they-also-take-music-lessons/?fbclid=IwAR2I4BKbJjAmZA0mMG6BzaD1k17YgIXpYx6BReISMs0PfekK7AUt7HSD_AU#2923466f2fda

Main Street School Gamelan and Dance Concert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RyaG4ZEgQo

Links to Resources/Influences/Causes

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Shakespeare, Theatre, and Arts Education:

Impact and Resources