Discovery Zone

COMING SOON!

We are excited to launch a revised and improved Discovery Zone throughout Fall 2024!

Check back here throughout the next few months for more special sneak peeks as we continue to unveil the new collection! In the meantime, check out A Shakesperience: a wonderful 60-min video that introduces the words and worlds that Shakespeare created, inspiring curiosity about how they resonate today. Curriculum activities included!

SNEAK PEEKS

Click the links below to access sample resources from our new-and-improved Discovery Zone! Check back every few weeks for more tasters.

A bard among many
Invite your students to think about Shakespeare as just one of many great storytellers from all over the world, and encourage them to think of themselves as storytellers.

To truths translated
What happens when Shakespeare is translated into other languages? How does translation shift the tone, change the setting, and open up a reimagining of the plays?

Exploring Shakespeare’s Imagery

Imagery Explorer #1: Short, Simple Images
Introduce students to Shakespeare’s vibrant imagery with these short, accessible examples. Invite students to tap into their own creativity to interpret the language in myriad ways.

NEW: Imagery Explorer #3: Passages with more complex images
Delight in some of the more complex images in a variety of Shakespeare plays. Then, see what this feast of language prompts in your own imagination.

Exploring Shakespeare’s Characters

Character Explorer: Juliet
Learn more about Juliet through details in the text, and offer your students activities to support their own interpretations of this iconic character.

Character Explorer: The Weird Sisters/Witches
Are they witches? Are they weird sisters? Learn more about these powerful beings through details in the text, and offer your students activities to support their own interpretations.

Character Explorer: Hamlet
Get to know this iconic character through exploring what happens to Hamlet, what others say about Hamlet, and a collection of lines Hamlet speaks.

A Closer Look At… Speeches!

A Closer Look at “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” (sonnet 18)
Take a deep dive into one of Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets and invite your students to explore the language, verse, and ideas.

A Closer Look at: “These are the forgeries of jealousy”
Take a deep dive into Titania’s speech from A Midsummer Night’s Dream and invite your students to explore the language, imagery, character, and ideas.

NEW: A Closer Look at “But soft! What light…”
Imagine that what you most desire suddenly appears. Explore Romeo’s reaction to wish-fulfillment in Romeo and Juliet through the language, ideas, and character.

Basic Background: Who’s Who and What Happens

What Happens in: Macbeth
Provide your students with a simple description of the events of Shakespeare’s great tragedy, leaving plenty of room for their interpretations.

Who’s Who in Romeo & Juliet
Meet the characters in Shakespeare’s best-known tragedy in this introductory resource.