Scripts and Dialogues

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Texts for exploration and involvement

DIALOGUES ARE part of the tradition of philosophical writing and, within the frame of a dialogue, writers can also include stories, poems, myths and all kinds of other genres. Dialogues can be elaborate or very simple but the best dialogues are exploratory rather than didactic -- its best not to give one character all the strongest arguments.

Scripts, either specially written or created from stories, can make powerful stimuli that involve pupils making meaning through reading aloud.

In this section we welcome contributions and recommendations of dialogues and other scripts from teachers, writers and pupils. If you would like to submit an item, please contact Steve Williams.

Title Category Author Createdsort icon
Mark's Dilemma
A story and ideas for discussion on the themes of race, culture and representation. 		Scripts and Dialogues Darren Chetty 04/04/2012
Rose and Carrot
A set of resources for investigating a range of concepts related to gardening and growing, food production and consumption. 		Scripts and Dialogues Steve Bramall 22/02/2012
Sports Day in the Jungle
A script to stimulate questions and discussion about fairness and competition 		Scripts and Dialogues, Stories & Storytelling Libby Ahluwalia 25/10/2011
Unfinished Business: Fairies at the Bottom of the Garden
A open ended dialogue about faries and reality. 		Scripts and Dialogues, Dialogues Jason Buckley 08/09/2011
Unfinished Business: Sharing the Burden
A open-ended dialogue about sharing and fairness. A group of teenagers are planning hiking trip. How should they share the load? 		Scripts and Dialogues, Dialogues Jason Buckley 08/09/2011
The Workers in The Vineyard
Here are two scripts based on the well-known Bible story. One has been changed to provide contrasting views ideas about 'fairness' and what is right. 		Scripts and Dialogues Steve Williams 03/03/2011
Kat’s Dilemma: a dialogue about drugs in sport
A dialogue and supporting science work on drugs in sport. 		Scripts and Dialogues Lynda Dunlop 09/11/2009
'Good to be me' script
A dialogue bringing together a number of the key concepts under the Primary SEAL theme 5: 'Good to be me'. 		Scripts and Dialogues, Primary SEAL Roger Sutcliffe 10/08/2009
The Ant and the Grasshopper
A scripted version of the well-known story with four alternative endings and suggestions for using it with a class. 		Scripts and Dialogues Michelle Whitworth 24/05/2009
Descartes Meditations
A (very) abridged version of Descartes' classic philosophical text for use with p4c classes. 		Scripts and Dialogues Steve Bramall 06/03/2009
What an elephant is really like: script and lesson plans
A complete script and lesson plans of a popular traditional story 		Scripts and Dialogues Michelle Whitworth 04/02/2009
The benefits of using written dialogues
Benefits of choosing a written dialogue as a stimulus and of having pupils write dialogues 		Getting Started, Scripts and Dialogues Steve Williams 06/09/2008
Research Groups: Louis Pasteur
A script in six parts raising issues about causation, fame, knowledge, ethics, discovery, science and animal rights. The materials include a 'mystery' and could provide half a term of work. 		Scripts and Dialogues, Themes Steve Williams 06/09/2008