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=SHAKESPEARE FILM FESTIVAL CLASS =

Diane Swanson, Instructor Holy Innocents' Episcopal School Atlanta, Georgia

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**COURSE DESCRIPTION** This intense 30-hour, 5-day summer course is designed to immerse classroom teachers into the world of Shakespeare in film. From the first silent films of the 1890's, to the big-budget classics of the mid-century, to the latest youtube craze of the new millenium, these films will be the base for participants to create intriguing, hands-on projects for their own students in the future.

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 * EXPECTATIONS **
 * Please be present from 8:30 - 3:00 (2:30 if we work through lunch).
 * Students will participate in group discussions! All participants are henceforth known as The Peanut Gallery.
 * Everyone is encouraged to bring his/her own laptop. This will be used primarily for any individual viewing of dvds, and then to access internet research for lesson planning.
 * Students will participate in scene or craft activities coinciding with the films.
 * Students are encouraged to keep a journal of activities and movies and lesson ideas generated from the daily work. This can be kept on your own page on this wikispace or in a regular notebook.

**TEXTBOOKS** Since this course is compressed into five full days, there is no textbook required. However, I am listing two up-to-date books on Shakespeare and film that will be available to peruse in class:

//A History of Shakespeare on Screen: A Century of Film and Television//, by Kenneth S. Rothwell, 2004 //The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film//, edited by Russell Jackson, 2005

**SYLLABUS** Please click on the "Syllabus" side bar for details on materials covered.