Pre-Homework 2023

Below you can find the pre-homework for all participatants. Please come prepared with the below items before the first day on July 21! If you are an LAUSD teacher there are additional steps, please continue reading.

LAUSD teachers! Below are links to the materials LAUSD teachers need to complete in order to receive one salary point credit. Except for the final lesson plan, you have the option of completing most of the work prior to the first day. We’ve included the dates of completion for you to pace yourself and enjoy the materials as much as possible. Total amount of time spent on homework can be up to 30 hours, depending on the speed in which you complete the work. 

If you’re having trouble finding any of the required reading or evaluations, or posting comments in google classroom, please reach out to NaLonni@shakespearecenter.org. 

We look forward to seeing you LIVE on July 21st, and 22nd at Shakespeare Center of LA. The last class will be on zoom on July 29th, 2023.

Google Classrooom

All assignments, materials, and pre-homework will be conducted using Google Classroom. Please join the class to review assignments and get started. Class code b5qqzhl.

Items to Complete by Due Date

By July 14, 2023 

• Complete: Pre- Evaluation telling us your level of comfort with the material before the course. 

By July 21, 2023 

1. Write a reflective piece of 350-500 words that discusses first impressions of opportunity and challenges perceived for teaching Shakespeare and Social Justice. Upload your assignment to Google classroom. Class code b5qqzhl.
   
   Be prepared to share these writings during an informal lunch with participants and Youth from Will Power to Youth on the first day of the workshop. Email any questions you have to: socialjustice@shakespearecenter.org
   
   

2. Read the Will Power to Youth Manual Section(s) pages 11-29:
   Shakespeare and Social Justice are aligned with traditional standards-based study of Shakespeare, and draws upon SCLA’s decades of award-winning, nationally recognized social justice informed arts-based teaching strategies that incorporate human relations work designed to raise social awareness, advance anti-racist values and actions, and support pro-social youth development among low-income, disadvantaged youth attending Title One schools. Investment in arts education is an investment in justice. Add reflections as they might pertain to your own social justice work in the classroom to the: Jamboard. Make sure you add your first and last name.
   
   

3. Review the Southern Poverty Law Center, Learning for Justice Standards grades 6-12.
   Read the grade level standards that pertain to your teaching practices.
   Add your first impressions to the Jamboard  found in google classroom. Be sure you add the initials of your first and last name to your comments for salary point credit.
   
   

4. Read the Introduction: Folger’s About Romeo and Juliet by Barbara Mowat and Paul Werstein, Editors of the Folger Shakespeare Library Editions.
   Add your reflections to the Jamboard found in google classroom. Be sure you add the initials of your first and last name to your comments for salary point credit.

By July 22nd, 2023

1. Read Hate Crimes
   Add your reflections on the jamboard. Make sure you add the initials of your first and last name to your comments for salary point credit.

2. Read the Intro to Line Understanding Romeo and Juliet  
   Add your reflections on the Jamboard. Make sure you add your first and last name to each posting.

3. Read the cut version of Romeo and Juliet provided by S&SJ.* Then…
   *(optional) Make a copy of the cut version for your own use. It contains the snapshot scenes that we will explore in the workshops. What themes of Identity, Community, Justice and Action do you see? Circle or make note of your discoveries. We will provide copies of the snapshot scenes in your teachers’ packet. (optional) Bring a copy of the cutting to the workshop.

4. Read Chapter 4 in: Teaching Shakespeare with Purpose: A Student-Centered Approach (Thompson and Turchi) chapter 4 “‘Embodiment: What is it (not)?”
   Add your reflections on the jamboard. Make sure you add your first and last name to each posting.

Due by July 29th, 2023

• Hand in the Concept Worksheet as a group. 

• Hand in a one - three session lesson plan with the group  you’ll be assigned to or individually, and present individually, if it’s easier to use in your classroom. Identify specific strategies to integrate into your content area. A simple template will be provided. Cite the appropriate standards addressed, including any New CA Arts Standards, ELA Standards and the Learning 4 Justice standards. You can also include SEL standards as well.

The lesson should lead to a culminating ACTION activity as well as relevant hand outs and your assessment plan. Think of a lesson you can add to your classroom immediately.

During the final minutes of July 29th PD 

• Complete: Post- Evaluation telling us your level of comfort with the material after you’ve completed this course.