When we plan a trip, most of us have a map, hotel reservations and some idea of the adventure that lies ahead. The same is true for our education! We make a plan or find a curriculum, search for the “hotel” that will serve as our schoolhouse and have definite ideas about the outcome we wish to achieve.
But what if we didn’t?
What if we allowed a loose plan with plenty of crossroads and off ramps? What if we didn’t worry about confining ourselves to a schoolroom, and allowed for exploration in many different places? What if we didn’t conform to a strict idea of our outcomes and let our curiosity sit in the driver’s seat?
That’s what “CROSSROADING” is all about! It moves a learner through several, repeatable steps down a path toward deeper understanding of any subject by connecting that subject to others. This path sparks curiosity, but also allows that curiosity to flourish into unexpected discoveries.
THE PERFECT GUIDE TO SHAKESPEARE’S MOST FAMOUS WORK
THIS GUIDE IS DIFFERENT! We walk through the play with you as you read. We guide you, step by step. We journey with you to point out interesting ideas along the way… ideas leading to a deeper understanding of the play. We do NOT tell you what to think about the play. We give guidance for you as you formulate your own ideas.
This is YOUR journey! We just provide the road map!
This Journal is Different!
As a unique companion to our Crossroading Hamlet Play Guide, our CROSSROADING HAMLET TRAVEL JOURNAL will allow your curiosity to flourish! In this guided journal we give you encouragement and freedom to make observations of the characters and their experiences as you read the play guide. We guide you, step by step, through the journey, pointing out interesting ideas along the way.
We do NOT tell you what to think about the play. We give guidance for you as you formulate your own ideas. Your own written entries lead you to a clearer understanding of the play. As your curiosity leads you deeper into the world of Hamlet, you will explore the locations, meanings and scores of other relevant things particularly intriguing to YOU. During this process you will arm yourself with knowledge, enabled to draw your own conclusions, and gain confidence in your understanding of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
“Crossroading Hamlet” is available packaged with its companion book “Crossroading Hamlet Travel Journal”. Also included is a volume of the Folger Library Edition of “Hamlet”, which we reference throughout our study guide.
This Journal is Different!
As a unique companion to our Crossroading Hamlet Play Guide, our CROSSROADING HAMLET TRAVEL JOURNAL will allow your curiosity to flourish! In this guided journal we give you encouragement and freedom to make observations of the characters and their experiences as you read the play guide. We guide you, step by step, through the journey, pointing out interesting ideas along the way.
We do NOT tell you what to think about the play. In this Travel Journal, meant to be used with the Play Guide, we give guidance as you formulate your own ideas. Your own written entries lead you to a clearer understanding of the play. As your curiosity leads you deeper into the world of Hamlet, you will explore the locations, meanings and scores of other relevant things particularly intriguing to YOU. During this process you will arm yourself with knowledge, enabled to draw your own conclusions, and gain confidence in your understanding of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
SHAKESPEARE IS FOR EVERYONE!
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The Travel Journal is a companion journal for the Play Guide, not meant as a stand-alone study, although it is available separately from the set. Here’s why. The Travel Journal is meant to enable one student to record his or her own impressions of characters, situations, places, interactions, and whole understanding of HAMLET. If you have more than one student, all students may use the Play Guide, but each will need their own Travel Journal, as each student will benefit from recording their own understanding of this most complex of Shakespeare’s works.
