Program

Education Programs: Institutes for K-12 Educators

Period of Performance

10/1/2021 - 12/31/2022

Funding Totals

$161,194.00 (approved)
$146,324.83 (awarded)


Transforming Shakespeare's Tragedies: Adaptation, Education, and Diversity

FAIN: ES-281237-21

Weber State University (Ogden, UT 84408-0001)
Deborah Uman (Project Director: March 2021 to January 2026)
Jennifer Flaherty (Co Project Director: July 2021 to January 2026)

A three-week, hybrid institute for 28 high school English teachers to study Shakespeare’s tragedies, focusing on Hamlet, Othello, and their adaptations.

This project requests funding to organize and offer a new, Level I, hybrid Summer Institute on using adaptations of Shakespeare's tragedies to teach the plays with an emphasis on engagement and diversity.





Associated Products

Transforming Shakespeare's Tragedies (Web Resource)
Title: Transforming Shakespeare's Tragedies
Author: Deborah Uman
Abstract: 25 teachers gathered in Ogden, Utah to work together and learn about Shakespeare and Adaptation from three regular and several visiting faculty. These are their stories.
Year: 2022
Primary URL: https://www.yashakespeare.com/blog