Immersive Murder Mystery - An Inspector Calls

This is a fully immersive murder mystery game designed to introduce GCSE students to An Inspector Calls.

This lesson lasts an hour, although could easily span two.

It aims to:

• Introduce key themes
• Introduce key context
• Introduce generic conventions of a murder mystery (so that Priestley’s subversion can be explored
• Ignite student curiosity
• Encourage critical thinking
• Develop inference skills

Students are introduced to the Arkwright Mill Murder via this video: https://youtu.be/Z5_lnbM_vvc

Students are then given an evidence pack containing a diary entry, ledger, newspaper article, inspector’s notes, socialist pamphlet, transcripts and photo. There are differentiated versions of these resources.

At the end of the lesson, there is a low stakes quiz that connects the learning from this lesson to the future study of An Inspector Calls.