'An Inspector Calls' - Teach-along Task Booklet

A teach-along task booklet designed to be used chronologically as students read ‘An Inspector Calls’. Aimed at Grades 4-9. Includes:

Context: 1912 vs 1945, Capitalism vs Socialism, J.B. Priestley, Genre context, rights for women, Ouspensky’s Theory of Time.

Scenes (includes tasks and core & stretch vocabulary for):

• Act 1: Opening stage directions, Birling’s speeches, Knighthood, Inspector vs Birling first meeting, Mr Birling’s involvement, Birling vs Inspector (ideology), Sheila’s involvement, Sheila’s development, treatment of women in Act 1, Inspector’s ideology, Sheila confronting Gerald
• Act 2: Act 2 - thesis statement & Sheila’s warnings, Gerald’s involvement, Gerald character analysis, Sheila’s emotional responses, “Public men” & Impertinence extract, Mrs Birling’s involvement, “confess in public his responsibility” extract (end of Act 2)
• Act 3: Eric’s involvement, Eric confronting Mrs Birling & Inspector’s final statements, Immediate reactions of The Birlings, Responses of the Birlings + Gerald, Analysis of the three phone calls, Final page extract.

Themes: Power, Responsibility, Class, Justice and Morality