Who Is Involved in An Inspector Calls? – Character Role & Relationship Mapping Resource

A teacher-created PowerPoint resource focused on identifying who is involved in key moments of the play An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley. This lesson supports students in mapping character roles, relationships, responsibility, and involvement across the narrative, building a strong foundation for comprehension, discussion, and GCSE exam-style analysis.

Designed for use in secondary English classrooms and fully adaptable for Literature assessment preparation, this resource helps learners clearly track involvement, link characters to major themes, and organise evidence before extended writing tasks.

Resource Focus:

Identifying who is involved in key plot developments

Mapping character relationships and motivations

Tracing levels of responsibility and involvement for each character

Supporting understanding of social dynamics within the Birling family

Linking involvement to major themes such as:

responsibility

social inequality

generational perspectives

consequences of actions

Teacher slides model how to break down involvement for analytical paragraph planning

Clear visual frameworks to support whole-class discussion and independent evidence harvesting

Skills Developed:

Understanding narrative roles and character involvement

Inferring motivations behind character actions

Tracking relationships, conflict, and power dynamics

Preparing evidence for analytical or evaluative writing

Structuring responses that link character involvement to reader/audience impact

Supporting GCSE-style writing using TEE/PEEL/PEA frameworks

Ideal For:

KS3/4 English lessons

GCSE English Literature extract or essay preparation

Literacy interventions focusing on comprehension and responsibility mapping

Whole-school curriculum planning for An Inspector Calls

Homework or independent character evidence bank creation

Annotation and planning modelling by teachers or literacy leads