Introduces students to the common vocabulary of drama. Extends and enriches the study of drama to include mood, tension, stage direction, and more. Features activities for many dramatic forms including farce, tragedy, and comedy. Strengthens any language arts class and is a perfect companion to any play.

Illuminates the basics of literature, including setting, plot, character, mood, theme, and point of view. Develops literary vocabulary. Demystifies poetic terms and forms.

Defines key terms and provides useful, relevant examples. Accommodates a wide range of student needs through flexible practice. Provides lessons appropriate for home or classroom use.

Experiential therapy is used to locate repressed feelings and re-experience them. Once we feel them in the present, we can come to terms with them and put them in their proper perspective. We can use our energies to truly enter into the moment with all our awareness. The quality of our happiness lies in our ability to experience what is around us. Feelings are often attached to roles. When we experiment with different roles we gain information about our personal history and play with new possibilities for change. Games help us to increase concentration, develop thinking skills and to coordinate thought, emotion and action. They are a way to allow humor and fun to enter into the therapeutic process. This book is designed to help participants get in touch with and express buried feelings in a safe and structured way and to offer training in the ability to be creative and spontaneous.

"Salting is a simple concept: get hired at a non-union company, do the job you were hired to do, and, with the help of organizers on the outside, unionize your coworkers from the inside. James Walsh spent almost three years as a 'salt' in two casinos in South Florida, working as a buffet server and a bartender. Neither his employers at the casinos nor the union knew about Walsh's intentions to write about his experience. Now he reveals little-known truths about how unions fight to organize workers in the service industries, the vigorous corporate opposition [that can be] against them, and how workers are caught in the battle"--