Range of tasks including history tieline and newspaper article writing task.

This rsources helps children to investigate the setting / context info in a short passage.

a PPT EXPLORING THE CONFLICT IN THE NOVEL OR PLAY ACROSS THE BARRICADES HM

Comprehensive and thorough scheme of work to aid teaching and learning of the novel.

A ppt exploring the ways that characters in the play or novel or Across the Barricades change and grow HM

VAried activites on the novel or play of Joan Lingard Song lyrics and essay on conflict, ppts to teach

Activity comparing Romeo and Juliet with Across the Barricades

Across the barricades exploring emotions in the text

A PPT supporting students in writing an essay on violence in the novel or play HM

A ppt exploring the links between Romeo and Juliet and Across the Barricades HM

Writing to a problem page from Sadie adapted from a resource

Creative writing and/or pre-reading lesson for across the barricades. 60 minute lesson with starter, plenary and homework. Uses video stimulus and to explore emotions the characters would have felt.

Scheme of work and supporting resources for exploration of the text. (Year 9)

Scheme of work (for Year 8) and supporting resources for exploration of the text Across the Barricades by Joan Lingard.

A worksheet helping students to explore the links bewteen Romeo and Juliet and Across the barricades HM

Wksh explroing the song lyrics Through the Barricades by Spandau Ballet. - making a connection to Across the BArricades novel or play. Reading focus: RAF6 – identify and comment on writers’ purposes and viewpoints, and the overall effect of the text on the reader. HM

A worksheet exploring the poem Through the Barricades by Spandau Ballet and the connections to the novel or play ACross the BArricades HM

Full PPT SOW focusing on scenes from Our Day Out (Willy Russell), Grease (The Musical Stage Play), Blood Brothers (Willy Russell) and Across the Barricades (Joan Lingard). Designed for Year 9 but can be adapted for any KS3 Year. Scheme includes: -Introduction to script -Script features Our Day Out -Plot -Writer -Character Discussion -Character Analysis/Role on the Wall (Film Version Clip on Youtube) -Mrs Kay/Mr Briggs -Shop Scene – write own dialogue for your own ending using character analysis Grease -Status -How to create status in performance work -Plot -Characters -Status Rank -Peer Pressure -Role Play based on Peer Pressure Blood Brothers -Plot -Edward and Mickey meeting scene -Status and control -Social Status -Scene performance -Language and Dialogue -Re-imagining the scene in own dialect -Costume Design Across the Barricades -Religion Theme -Linda in the Hot Seat -Relating to characters Script Writing

A powerpoint exploring the background to the Northen Ireland troubles for use with students studying Across the Barricades HM

This is a fact sheet about the IRA designed to be distributed to students, or for teachers to use to give them some background knowledge. It has been adapted/created based on Wikipedia so naturally is basic/has limitations, but is suitable for student use and for teachers who are not history specialists. It can be useful for English teachers who are teaching plays or novels where this history is relevant, such as Brian Friel’s “Translations” or Joan Lingard’s “Across The Barricades”.

Resource about the NEwry Court Bomb - Northern Ireland and the threats to the peace process Linked to ACROSS THE BARRIACADES