A Doll's House at IB

This unit has been designed as a pathway through A Doll’s House, preparing students for the IB comparative question; however it could be easily adapted for A-level teaching. The unit contains a mixture of full lessons, worksheets, articles, discussion questions, critical viewpoints and homework tasks. There are also revision worksheets on essay marking, essay planning, critical theory, staging, Krogstad, Dr Rank, themes and Ibsen’s use of subtext. The page numbers refer to the Methuen edition translated by Michael Meyer.

Lesson 1: The characters
Lesson 2: Initial response to the play
Lesson 3: Themes
Lesson 4: Matching quotes to themes
Lesson 5: The opening
Lesson 6: Nora and Mrs Linde
Lesson 7: Dramatic Construction
Lesson 8: Secrecy and Lies
Lesson 9:Nora and Torvald
Lesson 10: The Nurse
Lesson 11: Nora and Torvald
Lesson 12: Nora and Dr Rank
Lesson 13: Nora and Krogstad
Lesson 14: The Tarantella Dance
Lesson 15: Krogstad and Mrs Linde
Lesson 16: Torvald and masculinity
Lesson 17: Use of subtext
Lesson 18: Fantasy and Reality
Lesson 19: The End