Active Lives: Behind Enemy Lines

Active Lives – Biographies on Stage: Behind Enemy Lines

The story of Odette Sansom and Peter Churchill is one of great courage in a tense and difficult time period. Read about this brave pair, then breathe life into these characters on stage.

A dynamic literacy program.

Intended for Years 4-8, Active Lives combines the human-interest appeal of biographies with the hands-on action of plays.

Each Active Lives book contains:

• A two-spread non-fiction report on an important historical event or time
• Two one-spread biographies on the two main characters from the historical event
• A nine-spread play based on the historical event and featuring the characters from the biographies plus supporting characters
• A non-fiction feature spread
• Notes on source material
• A glossary.