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On September 28, 2012, Humanities Texas held a one-day workshop in Austin for secondary language arts teachers on teaching the plays of William Shakespeare.

Workshop faculty included J. Dennis Huston (Rice University) and James Loehlin, Elizabeth Richmond-Garza, and John Rumrich, all of The University of Texas at Austin. Faculty lectures addressed the historical and cultural contexts of Shakespeare's works, the classical sources of Shakespearean tragedy, approaches to teaching Romeo and Juliet, and teaching Shakespeare using performance-based strategies.

Teaching Shakespeare Workshop : Slideshow
  1.  Teachers gather in front of the Byrne-Reed House. Forty-seven teachers representing thirty-two school districts statewide participated in the workshop.
  1. Thumbnail of:  Teachers gather in front of the Byrne-Reed House. Forty-seven teachers representing thirty-two school districts statewide participated in the workshop.
  2. Thumbnail of:  Elizabeth Richmond-Garza, Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor of English at The University of Texas at Austin, discusses Shakespeare in his time and ours.
  3. Thumbnail of:  John P. Rumrich, Arthur J. Thaman and Wilhelmina Dore' Thaman Endowed Professor in English at The University of Texas at Austin, speaks about the classical sources of Shakespearean tragedy.
  4. Thumbnail of:  J. Dennis Huston, professor of English at Rice University, shares approaches to teaching <i>Romeo and Juliet</i>.
  5. Thumbnail of:  James N. Loehlin, Shakespeare at Winedale Regents Professor of English at The University of Texas at Austin, discusses teaching Shakespeare through performance.
  6. Thumbnail of:  Elizabeth Richmond-Garza leads a workshop on approaches to teaching Shakespearean drama.
Teachers gather in front of the Byrne-Reed House. Forty-seven teachers representing thirty-two school districts statewide participated in the workshop.
Teaching Shakespeare Workshop : Thumbnails
  1. Thumbnail of:  Teachers gather in front of the Byrne-Reed House. Forty-seven teachers representing thirty-two school districts statewide participated in the workshop.
  2. Thumbnail of:  Elizabeth Richmond-Garza, Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor of English at The University of Texas at Austin, discusses Shakespeare in his time and ours.
  3. Thumbnail of:  John P. Rumrich, Arthur J. Thaman and Wilhelmina Dore' Thaman Endowed Professor in English at The University of Texas at Austin, speaks about the classical sources of Shakespearean tragedy.
  4. Thumbnail of:  J. Dennis Huston, professor of English at Rice University, shares approaches to teaching <i>Romeo and Juliet</i>.
  5. Thumbnail of:  James N. Loehlin, Shakespeare at Winedale Regents Professor of English at The University of Texas at Austin, discusses teaching Shakespeare through performance.
  6. Thumbnail of:  Elizabeth Richmond-Garza leads a workshop on approaches to teaching Shakespearean drama.
  7. Thumbnail of:  John P. Rumrich analyzes pivotal passages from Shakespeare's tragedies with teachers.
  8. Thumbnail of:  J. Dennis Huston and a group of teachers discuss <i>Romeo and Juliet</i>.
  9. Thumbnail of:  James N. Loehlin leads a workshop on using performance-based strategies for teaching Shakespeare.