The lesson introduces students to the play and how Shakespeare foreshadows tragedy in the opening scenes.

These lessons aim to introduce students to Mr Birling’s characteriation in the play and consider him through the theme of capitalism. The final slides aim to support students to write analytically about the character and provide them with opportunities for explicit vocabulary teaching, collaborative planning, live modelling and worked back examples.

These lessons aim to introduce students to Sheila Birling’s character development in the play. The activities require students to engage with her characterisation, important quotations and big ideas in the play. Students are then expected to apply this knowledge to an exam style question.

The first lesson looks at exploitation through the character of Gerald Croft. Students will first be introduced to the concepts of exploitation and misogyny. They will then analyse how Gerald’s actions towards Eva are exploitative in the play. The second lesson asks students to consider Gerald Croft’s attitude towards responsibility and consider important motifs and quotations in relation to this. Students will finally complete a creative task to consolidate their understanding of his overall characterisation.

This lesson explores how Priestley creates antipathy for Eric Birling due to his actions towards Eva Smith in the play. It also prompts students to consider the motivation for the character’s irresponsible and immoral actions. The lesson creates opportunities for students to discuss interpretations, work collaboratively on language analysis and assess the effectiveness of model analytical writing.

This lesson looks at the importance of the play’s structure. It asks students to assess how Priestley mirrors the beginning and end of the play, interpret the significance of the final twist and consider their own feelings about the play’s ending. Students are also given quotes from two contrasting critical views and are asked to evaluate how their own opinion aligns with them.

This lesson looks at the theme of socialism through the character of the Inspector. The lesson aims to support students in analysing how Priestley explores his socialist agenda through the character.

This lesson explores ideas about social inequality through the character, Eva Smith. There are opportunities for explicit vocabulary teaching, analysis of important motifs and a discussion activity which is later applied to a piece of formal writing.

The lesson should be used to help students revise key ideas within the novel and gives students example essay questions. The powerpoint could be used over two lessons.

The lesson looks at how Macbeth and Banquo are presented in the opening and their juxtaposing reactions to the prophecy. The lesson aims to stretch and challenge more able students and continues from the first lesson on tragedy.