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Resource Room for PreK-12 Educators
03-04 Season

Resource Room for PreK-12 Educators

Study Guide
A study guide for Just so Stories with a matching worksheet (Acrobat pdf 691 kb)

Study Guide
A study guide for Dreams in the Golden County (Acrobat pdf 387 kb)

Study Guide
A study guide to use with The Star Keeper performance includes questions for before and after the performance (Acrobat pdf 1677 Kb)

Study Guide
A study guide for use with the Danilo Perez trio includes a brief history of Jazz and a student activity (Acrobat pdf 212 kb)

Study Guide
A study guide for use with Othello includes a selected chronology of the life and times of William Shakespeare, commentaries on the play, character listing and synopsis. (Acrobat pdf 80kb)

Study Guide
A study guide for use with "From the Mixed-up Files" includes learning activities. (Acrobat pdf 6.54 MB)

Teacher's Guide
For use with Othello - A teacher guide developed by the National Endowment for the Arts for the Shakespeare in American Communities Initiative - includes lesson plans and information on the life of Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Age. (Acrobat pdf 215kb)

Recitation Contest
For use with Othello - Materials for an in-class project in which students study, memorize and perform Shakepearean sonnets and monologues . Developed by the National Endowment for the Arts for the Shakespeare in American Communities Initiative. (Acrobat pdf 1.1mb)

Shakespeare Activity Packet
For use with Othello - An activity packet including a simple quiz, Shakespeare quotes and phrases and a related crossword puzzle. Created by the National Endowment for the Arts for the Shakespeare in American Communities Initiative (Acrobat pdf 1.33mb)

Study Guide
10 Page study guide for use with Pacifica String Quartet. Includes composer and artist biographies, decription of a string quartet, rhythm exercise and quiz. (Acrobat pdf 274 kb)

Salzburg Marionette Study Guide
A study guide for use with the Salzburg Marionette Theater production of The Magic Flute. Includes instructions for making paper bag puppets. (Acrobat pdf 292 KB)

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