As testing pressure in public schools increases, finding time to teach subjects like health and the arts isn't easy. Southern California Public Radio's Mary Plummer brings us this look at an unusual teaching strategy that squeezes more time out of the standard school day.
Sixth graders at Eagle Rock Elementary School take a bow after performing a zombie version of Shakespeare's Macbeth on Tuesday, May 13. The production was co-directed by their drama teacher and classroom teacher using a teaching method known as arts integration.
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Carol Tanzman of LAUSD's elementary drama program decided to incorporate zombies into Shakespeare's Macbeth so she could incorporate more students into the production. As a traveling teacher, she says she teachers 2,500 students a year.
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Eagle Rock Elementary sixth grader Jack Spiewak, left, who plays Macbeth, waits backstage before the school play, a zombie rendition of Macbeth, begins on Tuesday, May 13.
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Katarina Galambos, left, does makeup for Simone Midby, who plays Lady Macbeth, before their sixth grade play starts on Tuesday, May 13 at Eagle Rock Elementary School.
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Sixth grader Simone Midby plays Lady Macbeth during a school play at Eagle Rock Elementary on Tuesday, May 13.
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Sixth grader Jack Spiewak's Macbeth costume was made from a plaid dress found at Goodwill.
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