Jekyll and Hyde Teaching Unit with Whole-Class Interactive Game

Teach Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson with this comprehensive teaching pack designed for Years 10–12 English. This resource supports exploration of duality, identity, repression, reputation, and the conflict between science and morality in Victorian society.

The pack includes a structured teaching sequence, contextual materials, and an immersive whole-class interactive game that allows students to step into the mystery and psychological tension of the novella. Students develop confidence analysing narrative structure, symbolism, and stylistic devices while building strong analytical and essay-writing skills.

What’s Included:
Social and historical context, including Victorian society, science, and morality
A structured 10 week teaching sequence with scaffolded classroom activities
A whole-class immersive game exploring character motivations, secrecy, and moral choices
Analysis of key themes and characters
Narrative, aesthetic, and stylistic feature analysis (symbolism, foreshadowing, setting, narrative perspective)
Exemplar analytical paragraphs and extended response scaffolds

The files are provided as PDFs for flexibility as teachers use different formats in their classrooms. You can:
• Convert to PowerPoint: Upload the PDF to PowerPoint (File → Open) and it will automatically convert to slides.
• Use in Google Slides: Upload the PDF to Google Drive, right-click, and open with Google Slides.
• Use digitally or print: Upload the PDF to your LMS (Google Classroom, Canvas, etc.) or print it for handouts.
You could also use Canva to upload the PDF and convert and save as a PowerPoint.