Historical Faces

Objectives:

• Allow participants to role play various "moments" and events in history. Participants gain a greater, and more immediate understanding of history and of historically significant persons and events. These workshops may be custom designed to present a particular historical moment, person, culture, movement, or event.

Activities:

Some masks, costumes, simple sets and props, some are provided and some are created with in the workshop setting to enact a simple story. Participants role play the various roles described in the narration.

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Fantasy Faces

Objectives:

• For participants to engage in creative drama and role play in a variety of fantasy settings. The role-play drama will have a specific objective oriented towards personal or social growth.

Activities:

Using a variety of human, animal, and fantasy masks, costumes and props, participants role play a fantasy drama that is partially narrated and largely improvisation.

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Environmental Faces

Objectives:

• For participants to gain awareness of the interconnectedness between all living things with each other and their environments.

Activities:

Using a variety of human and animal masks, costumes and props, participants role play a drama that is partially narrated and largely improvisation.

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Resolution

Objectives:

An interactive workshop game with the objective of teaching conflict resolution skills through role playing and fun, gentle exercises. Participants learn:

How to identify needs, wants and values

About the nature of conflict

Types of conflict

Reasons conflict escalate

How to cool down or “de-escalate” a conflict

Participants explore ways conflicts can be resolved through effective communication and creative, constructive and gentle alternatives.

A conflict can serve a positive or useful purpose, such as helping individuals improve their relationsip, understanding, or routine. A conflict is negative or destructive or destructive when it leads to power struggles or increased physical or verbal violence. The “Resolution” game helps individuals develop skills to “cool down” conflicts, communicate effectively, and think creatively so the result of the conflict will be useful, gentle and positive rather than negative and destructive.

Activities:

In groups of four, participants gather around a “Resolution” game board and role play various conflicts as indicated on “conflict cards.” Through creative, gentle and constructive role play, participants go along the “peace path”, trying to avoid the “traps” (verbal or physical violence, blaming, rejection, etc.), to achieve “resolution.” Participants move “conflict arrows” that point their “needs, wants, and values” towards resolution or the typical negative and destructive conflict traps.