(AGENPARL) – mar 18 aprile 2023 Find inspiration for your lessons and school trips
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For research, inspiration and enjoyment
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Welcome back to a new term
To inspire and support your teaching, we’re sharing highlights from our free curriculum-linked workshops, teacher events and digital resources.
Now’s the time to book onto our [Jekyll and Hyde](https://britishlibraryemails.bl.uk/5JXV-RDGA-6TJVT-K3G20-1/c.aspx) teachers’ CPD, or a school trip where your students can encounter rare and historic [sacred texts](https://britishlibraryemails.bl.uk/5JXV-RDGA-6TJVT-K3G21-1/c.aspx), explore an immersive exhibition and make their own [artist books](https://britishlibraryemails.bl.uk/5JXV-RDGA-6TJVT-K3G22-1/c.aspx).
Looking for resources [online](https://britishlibraryemails.bl.uk/5JXV-RDGA-6TJVT-K1CGT-1/c.aspx)? Be sure to explore our new oral history resource, [Voices of the Holocaust](https://britishlibraryemails.bl.uk/5JXV-RDGA-6TJVT-K3G23-1/c.aspx).
Join us at the Library
[Animals: Art, Science and Sound](https://britishlibraryemails.bl.uk/5JXV-RDGA-6TJVT-K1CGU-1/c.aspx)
Animals: Art, Science and Sound
Exhibition: 21 April – 28 August
Workshops: 1 May – 13 July
Discover how centuries of documenting the animal world has resulted in some of humankind’s most awe-inspiring art, science and sound. With a cross-curricular focus on Art and Design, English and Biology, on this self-guided session you will experience our renowned collection of manuscripts, artwork, and sound recordings up close.
[Find out more](https://britishlibraryemails.bl.uk/5JXV-RDGA-6TJVT-K1CGU-1/c.aspx)
[Find out more about Digital Storytelling](https://britishlibraryemails.bl.uk/5JXV-RDGA-6TJVT-K1CLZ-1/c.aspx)
Digital Storytelling
Exhibition: 2 June – 15 October
Workshops: 21 June – 13 October
Dive into our ground breaking exhibition with this engaging workshop. Explore how expanding technologies have transformed the experience of reading, and see a range of exciting examples of this emerging genre including the widely popular audio fiction app 80 Days.
[Find out more](https://britishlibraryemails.bl.uk/5JXV-RDGA-6TJVT-K1CLZ-1/c.aspx)
[Find out more about Windrush Voices](https://britishlibraryemails.bl.uk/5JXV-RDGA-6TJVT-K1CM0-1/c.aspx)
Windrush Voices
Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays
10.30 – 12.00 or 13.00 – 14.30
Listen to the voices of the Windrush generation as they share their lived experiences in this popular workshop exploring the arrival of the Empire Windrush in Essex in 1948. Students will hear personal testimony from our Sound Archive to gain an understanding of the wider social and historical context of this defining moment in British history.
[Find out more](https://britishlibraryemails.bl.uk/5JXV-RDGA-6TJVT-K1CM0-1/c.aspx)
[Find out more about Exploring Sacred Texts](https://britishlibraryemails.bl.uk/5JXV-RDGA-6TJVT-K1CT4-1/c.aspx)
Exploring Sacred Texts
Monday to Friday
10.30 – 12.00 or 13.00 – 14.30
Encountering rare items on display in our Treasures of the British Library Gallery, students will develop confidence in interpreting sacred texts and uncovering the many roles they play in religion.
[Find out more](https://britishlibraryemails.bl.uk/5JXV-RDGA-6TJVT-K1CT4-1/c.aspx)
[Find out more about Making Artists’ Books](https://britishlibraryemails.bl.uk/5JXV-RDGA-6TJVT-K1CT5-1/c.aspx)
Making Artists’ Books
Wednesdays and Thursdays10.30 – 12.00 or 13.00 – 14.30
Discover the wonder of our unique collection in this hands-on workshop. Secondary and FE students will look at how artists have used experimentation and imagination to break the mould of the traditional book form before creating their own artist book.
[Find out more](https://britishlibraryemails.bl.uk/5JXV-RDGA-6TJVT-K1CT5-1/c.aspx)
Or join us in Yorkshire
[Find out more about A Tudor day out in Leeds](https://britishlibraryemails.bl.uk/5JXV-RDGA-6TJVT-K1DHW-1/c.aspx)
A Tudor Day Out in Leeds
Temple Newsam, Leeds
Discover a dangerous world of plots, espionage and treachery, and uncover the lives of Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots through our interactive workshops.
[Find out more](https://britishlibraryemails.bl.uk/5JXV-RDGA-6TJVT-K1DHW-1/c.aspx)
CPD events for English teachers
[Book now for NATE](https://britishlibraryemails.bl.uk/5JXV-RDGA-6TJVT-K1DHX-1/c.aspx)
Enriching English: Preserving the Past, Shaping the Future
Sat 24 – Sun 25 June
We are delighted to be one of the co-hosts for the annual conference of the National Association for the Teaching of English, which will offer two days of high-quality CPD exploring ways of making English a rich and rewarding experience in the classroom.
[Book now](https://britishlibraryemails.bl.uk/5JXV-RDGA-6TJVT-K1DHX-1/c.aspx)
[Register now for Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde](https://britishlibraryemails.bl.uk/5JXV-RDGA-6TJVT-K1DHY-1/c.aspx)
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Thursday 27 April
16.00 – 17.15
Join Professor Emma Major, author and disability advocate Jen Campbell and teacher-author Patrick Cragg for a rich discussion around the themes of doubles, place and identity, Victorian beliefs, and disability representation in Gothic literature.
[Register now](https://britishlibraryemails.bl.uk/5JXV-RDGA-6TJVT-K1DHY-1/c.aspx)
[Register now for Romeo and Juliet](https://britishlibraryemails.bl.uk/5JXV-RDGA-6TJVT-K1DHZ-1/c.aspx)
Romeo and Juliet
Thursday 13 July
16.00 – 17.15
Join Professor of Shakespeare Studies Emma Smith, Interim Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company Erica Whyman and teacher-author Michael Donkor for a stimulating discussion on gender, contrast and how the play has been interpreted and adapted over time.
[Register now](https://britishlibraryemails.bl.uk/5JXV-RDGA-6TJVT-K1PY2-1/c.aspx)
New digital resources for your classroom
[Learn more about Voices of the Holocaust](https://britishlibraryemails.bl.uk/5JXV-RDGA-6TJVT-K1EGV-1/c.aspx)
Voices of the Holocaust
Our latest oral history resource, Voices of the Holocaust, looks at the events of the Holocaust through interviews with survivors and people who fled Nazi persecution before, during and after the Second World War. Accompanied by an activity pack for learners and teachers’ notes.
[Learn more](https://britishlibraryemails.bl.uk/5JXV-RDGA-6TJVT-K1EGV-1/c.aspx)
[Listen now to Bernardine Evaristo](https://britishlibraryemails.bl.uk/5JXV-RDGA-6TJVT-K1EGW-1/c.aspx)
Bernardine Evaristo: ‘I want to do something different’
Over the course of four decades, Bernardine Evaristo has created a unique body of work including the Booker Prize-winning Girl, Woman, Other. In these newly-available recordings, Evaristo talks about her family history, finding her voice and the writing process.
[Listen now](https://britishlibraryemails.bl.uk/5JXV-RDGA-6TJVT-K1EGW-1/c.aspx)