Fistful Of Sketches

Using a variety of styles Dave Hopwood has put together an invaluable drama resource for schools and churches that helps children discover a wealth of stories and truths from the Bible.

In this gorgeous graphic memoir, Joe Ciardiello gracefully weaves together his Italian family history and the mythology of the American West while paying homage to the classic movie and TV Westerns. Featuring John Ford, John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Sophia Loren, and many more, this book is a paean to Hollywood and a love letter to the Western.

Aimed at young people in churches or schools, this work presents a collection of Bible-based sketches, written to involve a number of performers. Lively and humorous, these creative drama scripts use a wide variety of styles and settings presenting Christian messages.

Youth Emmaus is a course designed to help those aged 11 to 16 explore the basics of the Christian faith. This is no easy task - but Youth Emmaus offers a winning combination of meaty leaders' notes, cool handouts for group members, great cartoons and graphics and a free CD-ROM stacked with other useful resources. The material is fully road-tested and ideal for youth groups and as a confirmation course for young people. Youth Emmaus tackles: What Christians Believe (5 Units) How Christians Grow (5 Units) Living the Christian Life (3 Units) Youth Emmaus also contains a FREE CD-ROM that includes: Handouts and supplementary handouts for all sessions as PDF files Emmaus Poster Downloadable services to use with young people and a section on using Youth Emmaus in an all-age context Powerpoint presentation on Youth Emmaus Useful links to Emmaus website All icons from handouts available in colour in a downloadable format

Every child is different, but almost everyone has one thing in common - the family. Love them or loathe them, they are part of everyday life. Family Fortunes is a collection of witty, sharp stories that draw on both biblical and modern narratives. It is intended to help children to talk about families, to think about what it means to be a member of a family and about making a positive contribution to their own family life. Issues explored include:Living with brothers and sisters Coping with anger Coping with conflict Love and forgiveness Leaving home Growing upEach unit includes:Photocopiable illustrated stories Teacher's notes packed with activies and ideas to prompt story telling Two or three photocopiable worksheets Suggested activities for use with children with special needs. Living Stories is an exciting series of books especially designed for KS2 classroom work. The books contain a series of units suitable for teaching RE, PSE, History and the Literacy Hour.

This photocopiable second edition contains ideas and sketches for all who are working with young people. The 27 sketches, raps, mimes, poems and prayers presented in this text provide plenty of material to perform in church, school or youth groups.

This drama resource has been especially written for performance by or for children in family services, school assemblies or as street theatre. The sketches are easy to perform and great to watch. As well as traditional sketches there are raps, narrated mimes, response stories and entertaining monologues. Second edition.