Henry v folger shakespeare library book ancient history. The book that gave us shakespeare, on tour from the folger shakespeare library, is a national traveling exhibition organized by the folger shakespeare library in washington, dc, to commemorate the 400th anniversary in 2016 of shakespeares death. It has the worlds largest collection of the printed works of william shakespeare, and is a primary repository for rare materials from the early modern period 15001750. Shakespeare archives page 12 of 43 folger education. Learning in all cases will be handson, in keeping with the core pedagogical method of rare.
Every seminar i teach on early modern book history, i like to start with a class asking what is book history. This workshop on teaching book history to undergraduates is offered jointly by two programs at the folger shakespeare library. The folger shakespeare library is an independent research library on capitol hill in. Last weekend, the folger institute and the folger undergraduate program held a 3day workshop on teaching book history. The folger has been hosting teaching institutes at our home in washington, d. At the folger shakespeare library, were proud to work alongside teachers. I solicited the twitterverse and sharpl for suggestions for favorite teaching book history mat. Recommended by numerous educational institutions recommend us, including oxford university, michigan state university, and university of minnesota. Folgers and nantucket in an anniversary year jhu press. Aug 03, 2018 the folger has been hosting teaching institutes at our home in washington, d. She has directed a previous folger seminar and participated in the folgers teaching paleography and advanced paleography workshops. Apr 26, 2014 a nice, compact history of the couple who gave our country the best collection of materials and works related to william shakespeare.
Free resources for teaching and learning from home covid19 community conversations on zoom register for upcoming folger teacher community conversations. Last week, the folger hosted a book launch for our colleague james shapiros the year of lear. The shakespeare first folio as hutchinson family scrapbook. A decade before hughes published his book, henry stubbe called chocolate the indian nectar. Introduce romeo and juliet to high school students through performancebased teaching strategies. His father owned the sea cliff hotel and old point breeze hotel on the island. The third purpose is to help teachers planning or already engaged in teaching historyofbooksandprinting courses to find additional techniques or approaches that may help such courses to be more productive. His teaching and research focus primarily on modern japan.
Rare book schools extensive collection of resources for teaching the history of the book will play an integral role in this course. It is produced in association with the american library association and the cincinnati museum center. This is part of the first page of the hutchinson family history bound into the first folio. In addition to repairing damaged pages and replacing missing ones, the. Participants in the workshop applied in the spring of 2012 and approximately 50 speakers, session leaders, and participants will be attending the. School, university of pennsylvania rare book and manuscript library, july 20 teaching book history, kathleen lynch, sarah werner, and owen williams, organizers. Weekly folger teacher community conversations, wednesdays at 7. The book that gave us shakespeare, on tour from the folger shakespeare library. In the late seventeenthcentury, recipe book compiler margaret baker listed twentyeight recipes for beauty, amidst medicines for dropsy and distemper and recipes for custards and the stewing of racks of mutton. Folger digital texts use the same page numbers as the folger editions. Drawing on the resources of one of the worlds finest collections of early modern books, the folger institute and the folger undergraduate program hosted a threeday workshop devoted to teaching book history to undergraduates.
The folgers online catalog is your first stop for finding items in our rich rare and modern materials collections. More than two million teachers and students each year benefit from inperson workshops, lesson plans, online classes and field trips, and the bestselling folger. This threeday workshop explores strategies for teaching paleography at the. She worked a series of jobs in art galleries, book stores, and magazine publishers in new york city. Her parents divorced in the early1950s and her father married again and had two sons. The folger shakespeare library in washington, dc, is the single greatest documentary source of shakespeares works. It is the folger shakespeare librarys website, and teachers of the bard can. This antique photograph was crammed into an old book published in the 1890s. This course, an amalgam of basic bibliography and teaching with primarysource printed books, is limited to lang fellows, and is the first of two rbs courses for the m. Romeo and juliet curriculum guide introduce romeo and juliet to high school students through performancebased teaching strategies. She has also written numerous articles on book history, digital tools, and library. Learn the folger method for teaching shakespeare this summer. She is finishing a book on the intersection of labor and taste in the production of postprint manuscripts. Regularly updated collections of distance teaching resources right here on this page.
We read the folger emed scene thoroughly with the historical context of early modern england, the performative expertise of director michael tolaydo, multiple critical editions of the play, the online version of oxford english dictionary, and the online tool cqpweb all to realize and understand the implications of specific words choices in. By folger education in february, when the folger launched its exciting new website, we posted our first set of revamped teaching modules, which include assessment ideas, writing prompts and technology tools where appropriate, and connections to the common core anchor standards for english. The books cover literary, cultural, political, religious, and social history in britain and europe from the 15th though 18th centuries, with a strong emphasis on the 16th and 17th centuries. Abigail anne folger was born to peter folger, then chairman of the folger coffee company, and inez mejia in san francisco, california. Discover a history beyond whats printed on the page, seen in the structure, craftsmanship. Henry clay folger and his wife, emily jordan folger, began amassing the collection of rare books that would become the folger shakespeare library in 1889.
Teaching shakespeare to undergraduates, folger institute neh. Abigail showed him around new york, helping him with his english and teaching him american customs. Book history, bibliography, and humanities teaching rare. Hamlet folger library shakespeare book ancient history. Part of the great puritan migration, they crossed the north atlantic on the abigail in 1635 and landed in boston. Emily folger later wrote of henry folger s belief that the poet is one of our best sources, one of the wells from which we americans draw our national thought, our faith and our. She is a book historian and digital media scholar based in washington, dc, who has taught undergraduates about books and early modern culture at the folger shakespeare library and elsewhere. The latter was an nehodh institute in advanced topics. Drawing on one or more of these approaches, participants crafted their own projects in small teams under the guidance and mentorship of visiting faculty. The library was established by henry clay folger in association with his wife, emily jordan folger. Learn the folger method for teaching shakespeare this. The books cover literary, cultural, political, religious, and social history in britain and europe from the 15th though 18th centuries, with a strong emphasis on the. Early printed books resources for learning and teaching. If there is a nerd table at sharp, well show ourselves there.
Rare book school, university of virginia, july 2012 thatcamp the humanities and technology camp iowa city. The folger institutes center for shakespeare studies administered this national microgrant project funded by the neh division of education programs. Students and faculty from across our departments and schoolsincluding but not limited to history, english, lcl and the fine artshave attended programs and taken funded research trips to the folger. That the folger created the position of program director for undergraduate teaching and now hosts courses in book history for undergraduates is a welcome development. The essays in our published pages span the field, including scholarship about new. Jan 15, 2019 with january well underway, were delighted to share a toasty treasure from the folgers collections. Shapiro, professor of english and comparative literature at columbia university and member of the folger board of governors, discussed how the tumultuous events in england in 1606 affected shakespeare and. Rare book school, university of virginia, july 2012. Sarah werner held a number of roles during her time at the folger, including editor of the collation 20112015, digital media strategist. So he restored the book, and he bound into it his handwritten family history.
These modules have been created by classroom teachers and curated by the folger shakespeare library. Students from george washington university talk about their experiences using primary source material from the folger shakespeare library. Folger digital texts use the text of shakespeares plays and poems from the folger shakespeare library editions. Folger reading room tours folger shakespeare library. The first folgers to immigrate to the new world came from the village of diss, 20 miles southwest of the town of norwich, in east anglia, england. A program in the folger collection raises questions about two lost film adaptations of romeo and juliet in 1916. Folger meatpacking plant in toledo, ohio student handouts. A visitor to the site recently helped identify it as likely being the jacob folger meat packaging company, which operated on phillips avenue in west toledo. Romeo and juliet curriculum guide printable teaching. Uconns humanities institute runs our consortium membership with the folger with an interdisciplinary approach.
An interesting feature of this book is its promotion of individualor homeschooling, long before the current popularity of the practice. That the folger created the position of program director for undergraduate teaching and now hosts courses in book history for undergraduates is. This article on the history of eebo grew from discussions in the folger institutes 2012 workshop on teaching book history and the summer 20 early modern digital agendas seminar emda20. Ancient history encyclopedia receives a small commission for each book sold through our affiliate partners. Plus, since ive joined the folger, ive learned a ton of new and exciting things, not just about shakespeare and teaching but also about rare books and special collections, theatre, art, history, museums, community engagement, and the digital humanities. Biography andrew gordon lee and juliet folger fund. Folger shakespeare library websites and social media archiveit. The collection includes a wealth of items related to performance history. This list of resources was crowdsourced at the initiative of dr. Numerous educational institutions recommend us, including oxford university, michigan state university, and university of minnesota we have also been recommended for educational use by the following publications. Teaching book history, kathleen lynch, sarah werner, and owen williams, organizers.
The folger s online catalog is your first stop for finding items in our rich rare and modern materials collections. The editions contain the work of shakespeare on the righthand pages, and notes, glosses, and illustrations on the left. Histoire du livre, history of the book, textual studies, print culture, sociology of the text. In june 2017, twelve undergraduate students participated in a workshop devoted to exploring emed play texts from a variety of angles, including performance, book history, corpus analysis, linguistics, and editing.
It was emilys day on april 23, 1932, the 368th celebration of shakespeares birthday, when, wearing a shoulder corsage of orchids, and lilies of the valley over her academic robe, she turned over the keys of the folger shakespeare library to the chairman of the board of amherst college, who was responsible for the administration of the folger. Teaching modules become a teacher member and get access to even more classroom resources, lesson plans, and online professional development. The folger collection began in 1889 with henry folgers first purchase of a rare book. An unparalleled collection of early modern books, manuscripts, and artwork connected to shakespeare, the folgers holdings have been consulted extensively in the preparation of these texts. Folger institute, december 2012 principles of bibliographical description, david whitesell, director. At the folger shakespeare library, our passion to teach and learn shakespeare is boundless. Cook of colby college, whose post to twitter generated the contributions below. The lesson plans in this curriculum guide give students practice reading a 17th century text and help them make personal connections to the plays plot through music. Lang fellowship in book history, bibliography, and humanities teaching with historical sources. We see in the 1980s, the folger, starts doing workshops where they invite teachers. Students will analyze how social media uses urgency and emotional appeals to develop. It introduced both strategies and tools for teaching the field in a variety of contexts as a standalone course, as.
The folger shakespeare library is an independent research library on capitol hill in washington, d. Due mar 2 folger programs the program in global early. History of the collection folger shakespeare library. Bourne is assistant professor of english at pennsylvania state university. Dec 04, 2016 so he restored the book, and he bound into it his handwritten family history. A delicate powder for the face, margaret baker, folger shakespeare library, v. Her work on digital book history, openaccess libraries, and the nature of facsimiles, as well as on a wide range of additional subjects, has been. Our building on capitol hill is closed due to a major building renovation project, but folger events and programs continue on the road and around washington, dc. Posted by kate ozment its been a whole year at sammelband, and we are celebrating with our favorite kind of bibliography. Check out these free resources for teaching a range of. We have tens of thousands of highresolution digital images with an open cc bysa license that lets you use our images for research, teaching, and publications. Dive deep into one of the worlds greatest technologiesthe book. He has also taught japans premodern history and courses on comparative history of labor, and on the united states as a colonial power and nation builder.
Sarah werner is the author of studying early printed books 14501800. Dec 21, 2012 last weekend, the folger institute and the folger undergraduate program held a 3day workshop on teaching book history. The history of shakespeare in american schools folger. Teaching shakespeare to undergraduates, folger institute. Shapiro, professor of english and comparative literature at columbia university and member of the folger board of governors, discussed how the tumultuous events in england in 1606 affected shakespeare and shaped the three great tragedies he wrote that year. This book will especially be enjoyed by those who have visited the folger in washington,d. This audiobook is made available through the generosity of mr.
This workshop on teaching book history to undergraduates is offered jointly by two programs at the folger. Teaching during covid19 folger shakespeare library. The second purpose will be the investigation of resources available to teachers and students in this field. After teaching english literature and theater, i found my way to the folger. We offer a variety of programs and resources, at both the local and national level, for teachers in all kinds of schools and students at all ability levels. By calling hot chocolate the american nectar hughes invoked the idea that chocolate was a drink consumed by deities, and pleasurable for those mortals lucky enough to sample it. The folger shakespeare librarys founders, henry clay folger and his wife emily jordan folger, established the folger in 1932 as a gift to the american people. Andrew gordon is the lee and juliet folger fund professor of history at harvard university. This page includes open access teaching resources in addition to summarizing this folger institute project. Folger avenue, folgers lane, folger road, folgers court, folger hill, folgers marsh, folgers creek. Looking for lesson plans, activities, primary sources, and handouts on a shakespeare play or poem. Teaching shakespeare to undergraduates awarded microgrants to college faculty involved in the folgers nehsponsored national tour first.
The history of the folger shakespeare library, and of its founders, henry clay folger. Jean cocteaus romeo explore a wonderful example of surrealist theater. Theres a series of books, shakespeare set free, that come out of that. The folger s printed books collection ranges from the mid1400sthe birth of printing in the westto the present day. Jan 28, 2020 she has directed a previous folger seminar and participated in the folgers teaching paleography and advanced paleography workshops.
They spent decades gathering the worlds largest shakespeare collection, as well as associated works from shakespeares time. Resources provided by the folger shakespeare library for teaching shakespeare. A carousel of tragedy see inside a delightful artists book inspired by romeo and juliet. In addition to repairing damaged pages and replacing missing ones, the captain also made his own peculiar additions. By folger education last week, the folger hosted a book launch for our colleague james shapiros the year of lear. Abigail anne folger 19431969 find a grave memorial. Hot chocolate, brought to europe and britain from the americas, was hugely successful in the early modern period, and it hasnt lost its appeal since. Wonderful books for thinking about teaching shakespeare that have been really influential.
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