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The Stratford Festival is entertaining, educational, and enjoyable. To represent these aspects of the Festival and, at the same time, to learn about the Festival, students have the opportunity to pursue a creative project of their choice that teaches about the Festival in an entertaining way. You can modify this activity to suit the age and ability of your students.

Students will complete a creative project that reflects their knowledge of the Stratford Festival. They will use the resources on the Stratford Festival topic of the CBC Radio and Television Archives Web site, as well as other online and print resources, to research the Festival in depth. Then, based on their own skills and interests, students will select a final product (for example, a game, bulletin board display, poster, Web site, report, brochure, costume study, props catalogue) to share their information and celebrate the Festival.

Invite students to share their projects with the class over several weeks. Encourage class discussion about the effectiveness of the projects. You might also wish to have students reflect in their journals about how each project reaches its goals of being educational, interesting, and entertaining. Consider as well having students reflect on why and how they feel their own project achieves these goals.