Fine Arts

The Folger Shakespeare Library

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Web site for the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.

In Search of Shakespeare

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PBS resource for teaching Shakespeare in the Classroom.

The greatest screen adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth is arguably Akira Kurosawa's visceral Throne of Blood (Kumonosu jô), starring Toshiro Mifune and Isuzu Yamada as the ambitious warrior and ruthless wife who try to murder their way to power and glory. Featuring some of the Japanese master's most unforgettable, hallucinatory imagery, and inspired by Noh theater as much as the classical source, this is Kurosawa at his atmospheric best.

Director:

Akira Kurosawa

Grade Level:

High

Length:

01:49

The Story of Buildings

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Copies: 7

We spend most of our lives in buildings. We make our homes in them, go to school in them, and work in them. We're surrounded by buildings practically every moment of our lives! But why and how did people start making buildings? How did they learn to make them stronger, bigger, and more comfortable? And why did they start to decorate them in different ways?

Author:

Patrick Dillon

Lexile:

1060L

Half a Chance

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Copies: 7

Lucy's family has just moved to an old house on a New Hampshire lake, and her dad, a famous photographer, is already leaving on another business trip.

Maybe it's because she misses him. Maybe it's because she wants to show him that she's talented too. So when Lucy discovers that her dad is judging a photography contest, she decides to enter. Is her eye for photography really something special? Now, at last, she might find out.

Author:

Cynthia Lord

Lexile:

690L

How the Beatles Changed the World

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Copies: 7

Fifty years after the Beatles' first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964, it remains the most-watched television event in history. When the Beatles burst onto the scene, they charmed the public with their mop-top haircuts, their playful wit, and their sweetly romantic rock songs—igniting Beatlemania, an intense fandom unlike any before.

Author:

Martin W. Sandler

Lexile:

1160L

Five, Six, Seven, Nate!

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Copies: 7

Armed with a one-way ticket to New York City, small-town theater geek Nate is off to start rehearsals for E.T.: The Musical. It's everything he ever practiced his autograph for! But as thrilling as Broadway is, rehearsals—full of intimidating child stars, cutthroat understudies, and a director who can't even remember Nate's name—are nothing like Nate expects.

Author:

Tim Federle

Christmas Sing-Along

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Copies: 1

This is a teacher's handbook which corresponds to the music cd Christmas Sing-Along CD. Book includes sheet music for Christmas Sing-Along song.

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Arranged by Paul Jennings

The Santa Claus Rock!

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Copies: 1

This is a teacher's handbook which corresponds to the music cd The Santa Claus Rock! CD. Book includes sheet music for The Santa Claus Rock! song.

Author:

Teresa Jennings

Sing for the Red, White and Blue

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Copies: 1

This is a teacher's handbook which corresponds to the music cd Sing for the Red, White and Blue CD. Book includes sheet music for the following songs:

There are Many Flags in Many Lands
America the Beautiful
Sing of America
The Stars and Stripes Forever
America
You're a Grand Old Flag
America, My Home
Yankee Doodle's Pony

Author:

Teresa and Paul Jennings

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