Why Study Shakespeare | Discover the Benefits

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Why Study Shakespeare? Anna Knaub shares her love of Shakespeare on this podcast for LifeSkills101

Why Study Shakespeare in Your Homeschool

Homeschooling can be a fulfilling and unique educational experience for both parents and students. But for many parents, the idea of teaching their child about William Shakespeare can be intimidating and mysterious. In this podcast, Lisa Nehring & Ana Willis discuss the benefits of studying Shakespeare in the homeschool environment and provide easy tips and ideas for parents to incorporate into their homeschool lessons.

Podcast Chat Overview

1. The Benefits of Studying Shakespeare in the Homeschool
2. A Guide to Finding the Right Materials and Resources
3. Fun and Engaging Ideas for Studying Shakespeare in Homeschool
4. How to Make Shakespeare Fun and Accessible for All Ages
5. The Benefits of Reading the Works of Shakespeare Out Loud

 

Conclusion

Studying Shakespeare in the homeschool environment can be a unique and enjoyable experience for both parents and students. Not only can it help build essential literary, critical thinking, and communication skills, but it can also be a fun and engaging way to learn. By utilizing the vast array of resources, materials, and lesson plans available, as well as incorporating engaging and fun activities into learning, parents can make Shakespeare accessible, interesting, and enjoyable for all homeschoolers.

If you’re looking for an engaging way to include William Shakespeare in your homeschool curriculum, be sure to check out the resources, tips, and lesson plans referenced in this blog post!

Shakespeare is part of the Great Conversation and should be learned and enjoyed by everyone!

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Why Study Shakespeare?

A Production of the Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.

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Join Katie at Literary Cafe Podcast for tips in Why and How to Study Shakespeare in your homeschool. #homeschool #homeschooling #Shakespeare #Language Arts

Join Katie Glennon as she shares fun ways to include Shakespeare’s plays in your homeschool literature and Shakespeare studies starting as early as elementary ages through high school. Find out why you should include Shakespeare in your studies, what resources you can use to more easily understand and enjoy his works, and fun activities for your whole family to enjoy brushing up your Shakespeare!
Visit Katie’s website for more fun ideas and tips to use in your homeschool at Katie’s Homeschool Cottage or her Facebook Group.

 

Why do we study Shakespeare?

Plots and themes from Shakespeare’s plays are a part of our culture and can be found in movies, television shows, plays, books, and poetry.

References to Shakespeare in Movies

TV Shows with Shakespeare Themes

TV Characters Based on Shakespeare

Book Titles Inspired by Shakespeare Phrases

Allusions to Shakespeare (characters and phrases) are found throughout literature and poetry. When we have background knowledge of Shakespeare’s plays we can better understand the ideas and images authors and poets are trying to convey in their writing.

Words created by Shakespeare are used every day. 1 out of every 100 words are most likely attributed to William Shakespeare.

Words Shakespeare Invented

45 Phrases Coined by Shakespeare

Words and Phrases Coined by Shakespeare pdf – Printable Handout for you to Download

Shakespeare used his plays as a way to share what he observed about human nature and man’s “foibles”. He poked fun at and examined how and why humans behaved. We can learn to understand men’s motivations and the consequences of their actions, and can examine character qualities and flaws.

Shakespeare for Children and High Schoolers

Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb

Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by Edith Nesbit

Barron’s Simply Shakespeare and Shakespeare Made Easy series

Shakespeare Activity Ideas

Study William Shakespeare’s life and times and the Globe Theater with some of these suggested book titles –

A Shakespearean Theater by Jacqueline Morely

Bard of Avon: the Story of William Shakespeare by Diane Stanley

William Shakespeare & the Globe by Aliki

After reading a story or some stories, have your children select their favorite one or scene and use quotes as copywork or write a summary or sentence or two of the story on notebooking pages and draw the scene.

You can use this e-book I created for notebooking pages, quotes, book title suggestions, activity suggestions and website links for a ready to go resource for your Shakespeare study. (Just for visiting my podcast page, use the coupon code ShakespearePodcast to receive $1.50 off.)

Having Fun with Shakespeare for Kids and Teens

Having Fun with Shakespeare for Kids and Teens in your homeschool

For field trips, go to plays at local community theaters and schools. Look for a Shakespearean Festival.

Make some puppets from paper and craft sticks, paper bags, or even those old socks with the missing pair. Be creative!

Have a discussion about what happened in the story, favorite or least favorite parts of the story, and about the characters and their actions.

Have a party for Shakespeare’s Birthday (April 23rd) or just have a party celebrating Shakespeare

Throw a birthday partyor celebration and dress up as characters from any stories or plays you have read. Or, dress up as historical figures from his time period.

Use this great free printable pack of party decorations, hats, photo props, and place mats.
Printable Party Pack

Serve food from the time period.

Play games –

  • Quote famous phrases from the stories or plays you read and ask if anyone knows what story or play it came from or what character said it.
  • Read words or phrases and ask if anyone can tell you if it is one Shakespeare created.
  • Read a quote and ask if it came from one of Shakepeare’s plays or the King James Bible.

 

Be sure to comment in the Comments box any ideas you’d like to share that your family has enjoyed or any of these ideas! I would love to hear from you! Thanks for visiting! Come back and visit the Literary Cafe Podcast for May’s topic How to Study Poetry in your Homeschool. We will explore fun ways to study and enjoy poetry! Spring is the perfect time to study poetry!

 

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Visit Katie’s website for more fun ideas and tips to use in your homeschool at Katie’s Homeschool Cottage.