Dealing With Life's Dilemmas: Exploring Values Through English and Drama

Dealing with Life's Dilemmas is a collection of nine plays designed to help young people explore the emotional and moral conflicts that arise as they seek independence, look for jobs, try romance, relate to family members, contend with a drug scene, make decisions, fight prejudice and cope with violence. To aid the student's exploration, each play concludes with an extended series of discussion questions and suggested ways to "play with" the play, including rewriting the ending. One play includes music, another mime - and all come with stage directions. Plays are short enough to be completed in one class period. Dealing with Life's Dilemmas is a revised version of Plays to Play with in Class and includes an additional play, one inspired by the 1999 tragedy at Columbine High School in Colorado.