From the days of the ancient Greeks, theater has been used as a vehicle for enlightening and entertaining audiences. By immersing themselves in the stories unspooling before them, people become involved in the lives, actions, and thoughts of others.

Theater can be especially effective with students, sparking their interest, increasing their concentration and comprehension, and helping develop new perspectives on the subject at hand. And American literature, filled with intriguing characters whose points of view illuminate the culture of their time, is a particularly fitting subject for classroom theater. An American Breeze, designed principally to educate high school students, contains a wealth of information as well as plenty of humor to hold students’ interest.

Although teachers are the primary audience for this book, anyone interested in American literature, and in helping young people appreciate it, will want to buy An American Breeze.