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Workshops-To-Go
HISTORY – HERSTORY: TURNING “THEN INTO NOW”
THROUGH STORYTELLING
For teachers of grades 4-12
Curriculum: History and Language Arts
Standards: SS.A.1 (.2.3.4) SSB.2 (.2.3.4) LA.B.2 (.2.3.4) LA.C.3 (.2.3.4) TH.A.1 (.2.3.4)
In today’s technological world of rapid change, glamorous celebrities and sports stars make the likes of Benjamin Franklin seem an old
bore, while a generation of students born after the Civil Rights Movement must be taught about it in school. Storytelling and historical
portrayal can make history jump off the written page. This workshop will explore historical people and topics, plus dress, housing,
work, food, transportation, etc., of their times, which will serve as springboards to demonstrate how students can read, research,
write and retell the stories in vignettes, plays and monologues that turn “then” into “now.”
A TUNE, A RHYME & TONGUE-TWISTING TIME:
LESSONS IN CADENCE AND SONG
For teachers of grades 3-8
Curriculum: Language Arts
Standards: LA.A.2 (.2.3) LA.B.2 (.2.3) LA.D.2 (.2.3) or Science, Math, Social Studies, standards
This workshop demonstrates how to take any lesson subject material and put it into song, rhyme, rap or tongue twister, and how
to gather facts about a topic or subject segment and transform the information into a catchy and memorable verbal and/or musical form
that will reinforce the lesson and strengthen the memory. This process requires High Order Thinking Skills like those demanded in the
FCATS, yet, unlike taking a test, it becomes a fun, challenging activity that integrates listening, rhyming, speaking, rhythmic and vocabulary
skills. Participants will experience the process of creating a piece.
Contact: Judy Gail: Phone: 305.336.1403; Email: judygailstories@cs.com
Fee: $600 including materials
YOUR FACILITATOR: Storyteller, historical portrayal artist and published author Judy Gail, (B.A., Sarah Lawrence College) brings more
than thirty years of experience to present lively, inspiring workshops. Through the Kennedy Center and Florida Artist Programs, she
has received specialized training to work side-by-side with teachers in the classroom incorporating storytelling to teach language arts,
history and science.
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