Jan Needle

Stephen Cockett

Vivien Gardner

Based on the shcool strikes of 1911, this text studies the issue of children's rights and the resource material.

The Rebels of Gas Street

This play tells the story of Falkland Islands children who find an escaped Argentenian solder. The original novel is also available in Collins Cascades.

A Game of Soldiers

Gardner, Viv

Jan Needle's play about bullying - but who is the bully and who is the victim? The book contains a gripping playscript suitable for classwork and school production, accompanied by resources including background material and lively activities.

Bully

Berlie Doherty

Playscript -- the book contains a playscript focusing on issues that are of interest in schools. Accompanying resources contain activities for drama (including role-play), reading, writing, and speaking and listening. These are accompanied by extension material, including extracts from modern and pre-20th-century works for comparison, and documentary material. The resources are organised under the following headings: * Staging the play * Work on and around the script * Themes in and around the play

A Play in Four Acts

Granny was a Buffer Girl

This play looks at themes of reputation, honesty and lying in a school setting. The volume provides opportunities to explore ideas of personal honesty through role play and discussion and provides lively end-material covering a variety of issues such as having a family member in gaol.

Stephen Cockett

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