Mike LoMonico

Author of "Brooklyn to Yellowstone: A 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps Odyssey"

[Mike LoMonico @mikelomo]

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[Mike LoMonico @mikelomo]

Why Shakespeare's Stories Still Resonate

"And you actually can use those moments, pedagogically, to get something interesting going on, and that is one of the most wonderful things about... https://t.co/5U1Ry2ULwQ

[Mike LoMonico @mikelomo]

"...it’s exciting when young people discover Shakespeare in their own way. It’s ironic that Shakespeare’s language, his stories, and his characters are so much a part of our cultural DNA, while... https://t.co/qA3rilnfJ8

[Mike LoMonico @mikelomo]

APPLY BY 12AM! Takes 20 min!

Be 1 of 30 teachers in each Academy to spend a week at @FolgerLibrary & dive into Hamlet or Othello. Work in the world’s largest Shakespeare collection & learn alongside... https://t.co/pwKkESh39P

[Mike LoMonico @mikelomo]

Love the smell of old books just as much as you love seeing your students engaged?

Join us at @FolgerLibrary for 50 hrs of professional dev, complete w/ rare books, scholarship & lesson plans to support you... https://t.co/pwKkESh39P

[Mike LoMonico @mikelomo]

This summer spend a week at @FolgerLibrary!

Gain skills, confidence, & a whole new community of support as you learn how to teach literature the (totally exciting, engaging, & rigorous) Folger way.

50 hrs... https://t.co/pwKkESh39P

[Mike LoMonico @mikelomo]

Love the smell of old books just as much as you love seeing your students engaged?

Join us at @FolgerLibrary this summer for 50 hrs of professional dev, complete w/ rare books, scholarship & lesson plans to... https://t.co/pwKkESh39P

[Mike LoMonico @mikelomo]

Get so close to rare books that you can breathe on them!
(Just no licking please... our friends at Yale say people occasionally ask to lick the Voynich manuscript...)

Books, scholars, and lesson plans to... https://t.co/pwKkESh39P

[Mike LoMonico @mikelomo]

"Well, I think a lot of literature is fan fiction. Shakespeare himself, if you sort of loosely define fan fiction as, you're taking something that you don't own and you're making a story about it, that was what... https://t.co/QBWaW8xga2

[Mike LoMonico @mikelomo]

What are you doing this summer?

Make @FolgerLibrary your summer vacation destination & get 50 hrs of professional development credit while you're at it!

Lesson plans, rare books, & scholarship to support... https://t.co/pwKkESh39P

[Mike LoMonico @mikelomo]

Join 'Before Farm to Table' Digital Research Fellow Elisa Tersigni in exploring rare materials related to the Folger Consort's Tastes of the Mediterranean: Music of 16th-century Spain and Italy. Enhance your... https://t.co/0wHwrjbN48

[Mike LoMonico @mikelomo]

“"If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly " CRY bloody Murder activity from @FolgerED today.

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[Jenifer Kisner NBCT @MrsJKisner]

"If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly "

CRY bloody Murder activity from @FolgerED today. Love it

[Mike LoMonico @mikelomo]

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[Jenifer Kisner NBCT @MrsJKisner]

"If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly "

CRY bloody Murder activity from @FolgerED today. Love it

[Mike LoMonico @mikelomo]

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[Mike LoMonico @mikelomo]

WOW!

Yesterday we celebrated the last day of the Secondary School Festival...and it was a thrill!

Here are a few highlights from yesterday, but stay tuned for more amazing images from Lloyd Wolf.

[Mike LoMonico @mikelomo]

We're halfway through Week 2 of the Secondary School Festival and it continues to be a blast!

So much fun, so much creativity, and so much support for each other.

[Mike LoMonico @mikelomo]

Calvert High School from Prince Fredrick, MD performing “Romeo and Juliet: All You Need Is Death”.

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Calvert High School from Prince Fredrick, MD performing “Romeo and Juliet: All You Need Is Death”.

[Mike LoMonico @mikelomo]

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[Mike LoMonico @mikelomo]

We are 3 days into our Secondary School Festival and it has been absolutely magical from minute 1!

During the Festival, students from all over the DMV showcase their learning on the Folger Stage, get creative... https://t.co/QdsXFLWaIY