Exploring race and gender through selected excerpts from Shakespeare: Spiraling upward from the elementary grades
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Book Title
Design and discomfort: Teaching Shakespeare and race
Editor(s)
L. Turchi
Description
In the US, the works of Shakespeare are often limited to high-school English language arts (ELA), with some students not encountering Shakespeare until college-level English courses. His works are often considered “the mother lode of complex texts” (Thompson & Turchi, 2016, p. 6), which may discourage teachers—particularly those working with younger students—from including them in their curricula. Introducing Shakespeare in elementary classrooms, however, constitutes an opportunity for younger audiences to be acquainted with early modern English literature, making Shakespeare’s work potentially more accessible and familiar when it is revisited in later grades (high school and beyond)...
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https://acmrspress.com/9780866986243/design-and-discomfort/
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ISBN
978-0866987998
Publication Date
1-1-2025
Publisher
ACMRS Press
City
Tempe, AZ
First Page
239
Last Page
269
Disciplines
Education
Recommended Citation
Sanchez, Sergio L. and Kiikvee, J. M., "Exploring race and gender through selected excerpts from Shakespeare: Spiraling upward from the elementary grades" (2025). Benerd College Faculty Books and Book Chapters. 87.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/ed-facbooks/87
