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Teaching Tragic Heroes

Across five sessions, our panel of experts will examine tragic literature’s best-known ‘heroes’, from the titular characters of Macbeth and Antigone, to The Crucible’s dynamic protagonist, John Proctor.

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Complete this short survey ahead of starting Teaching Tragic Heroes to share your expectations for the course and identify your current knowledge gaps. Be sure to save a copy of your answers to see your progress by session five!

Video 1: What makes a tragic character/hero?

This introductory session provides a brief overview of the course.

Video 2: Macbeth in Macbeth

In this session, Alesha Tatum-Howe, Laura Sheridan, and Melinda Hall explore the character of Macbeth and his tragic flaws, with lesson ideas for your classroom.

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Video 3: John Proctor in The Crucible

In this session, Alesha Tatum-Howe, Laura Sheridan, Melinda Hall and Nicole Brown explore the character of John Proctor and his tragic flaws, with lesson ideas for your classroom.

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Video 4: Antigone in Antigone

In this session, Alesha Tatum-Howe, Laura Sheridan, Melinda Hall and Nicole Brown explore the character of Antigone and her tragic flaws, with lesson ideas for your classroom.

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Video 5: Comparing and Contrasting

In this session, Alesha Tatum-Howe, Laura Sheridan, Melinda Hall and Nicole Brown discuss comparing and contrasting tragic heroes and how to engage your students in this final PD session.

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Meet the panel:

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Alesha Tatum-Howe

Alesha is our Head of Schools, commissioning and curating all content and resources for students and their teachers. She has spent several years pursuing acting, studying and teaching at Playhouse West in North Hollywood. She then spent 13 years (2 years in Middle School and 11 years in High School) as a Theatre Director and District Secondary Lead Theatre Educator.

 

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Melinda Hall

With over 30 years of experience in ELA education, Melinda is a dedicated educator and curriculum designer. Now retired from classroom teaching, Melinda remains passionate about empowering and inspiring fellow educators through expertise and resources, and as the owner of The Literacy Cookbook, she creates engaging lesson plans and instructional materials.

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Laura Sheridan

Laura is currently in her 25th year of teaching English (grades 9-12), including AP Language and AP Literature. Laura spent her first seven years teaching in a large high school, before transferring to a new alternative school, where she has been for over 17 years. She is a self-proclaimed Shakespeare geek and has run 15 Shakespeare Festivals across both schools!

 

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Nicole Brown

Nicole is a high school ELA teacher with 20+ years of classroom experience across two states. Teaching may be her calling, but curriculum design is her passion. In 2014, she launched Modern ELA Materials, a lesson plan business which today includes over 240 resources, and stands in the top 3% of all stores on the Teachers Pay Teachers platform.