Shakespeare Birthplace Trust launches free online resources and activities for young people
Sarah Lambie
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust has launched a collection of free online resources and activities for young people to do at home during the latest lockdown. A suite of over 300 education resources and activities are now available on the Trust’s website to support teachers and inspire home learners with Shakespeare’s works.
Developed by the Trust’s award-winning education team, the resources are in line with the national curriculum for Key Stage 1, 2 and 3, offering fun and imaginative ways for children age 4 – 14 to engage with Shakespeare – from building LEGO Shakespeare and drawing a comic strip inspired by The Tempest, to creating a gruesome recipe for a witches’ spell from Macbeth and describing a scene from Romeo & Juliet in Juliet’s diary. There’s also (crucial in the engaging of young people with the Bard) a Shakespeare-style insult generator to provide entertainment during playtime.
All resources and activities are available free of charge and accessible online without the need to register. Many are presented as paperless resources for those without a printer at home, including three-minute Snappy Shakespeare plays and video tutorials. Budding chefs can whip up delicious recipes that Shakespeare would have eaten as a boy, such as Tudor bread and apple pancakes.
The Trust, also organisers of the annual national Shakespeare Week celebration in primary schools, will be taking the events of that programme online this year. Running from 15-21 March, Shakespeare Week will carry the theme of Wellbeing, featuring a programme of emotional wellbeing activities and online events inspired by Shakespeare’s works. Full details to be announced.