For Students and Classes

Residencies

Through workshop-style programs for teachers and students, BAM brings the transformative power of the arts to schools. Using Shakespeare, African music and dance, and more, residencies help develop a deeper understanding and greater appreciation of the arts.

BAM residencies provide teachers with teaching strategies, study guides, and classroom tools tailored to city and state learning standards and the Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in the Arts.

Contact BAM Education to find out more or arrange a residency for your class.

Shakespeare Teaches Students

Shakespeare Teaches Students brings the language of Shakespeare to life. The residency workshops are taught by BAM teaching artists who are accomplished actors and directors with years of experience performing and teaching Shakespeare.

Shakespeare Teaches Teachers

Based on strategies developed at BAM and at the Folger’s Teaching Shakespeare Institutes, this program focuses on how to approach Shakespeare for grades 8—12. Participants also receive a toolkit containing DVDs, books, and other teaching aids.

AfricanDanceBeat and AfricanMusicBeat

Discover the history and culture of Africa and its diaspora, in conjunction with DanceAfrica. Students gain cultural and artistic literacy by working with African-inspired movement techniques and rhythmic expression and learning traditional songs and African-inspired rhythms on a range of instruments.

Additional support by
Joseph LeRoy and Ann C. Warner Fund

Brooklyn Reads

Brooklyn Reads: a poetry residency

Brooklyn Reads is a free residency program available to Brooklyn schools. In these workshops, teaching artists help students appreciate poetry and build confidence through readings, discussion, writing, and performance.