Analysing Gerald’s Character
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Use these slides to help students develop their understanding of the character Gerald, exploring the differences between his treatment of Eva/Daisy and Sheila, whilst reflecting on Edwardian gender expectations.
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Bearing Witness to Eva Smith
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Use these slides to help students assess Priestley’s portrayal of Eva Smith, and consider the symbolism of Priestley’s decision to create a character who only appears in the narrative second-hand.
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The Cost of Labour
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Use these slides to help students explore the moral codes and values of the world which the characters inhabit, and participate in a debate on workers' rights.
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Developing Character Inferences
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Use these slides to help students draw inferences from the opening scene of the play, and consider what messages Priestley sends through language, character and setting.
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Differing Perspectives and Conflict
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Use these slides to help students reflect on the differences in perception emerging between the characters and consider how conflict can arise from such differences.
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Entering the World of the Play
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Use these slides to help students make predictions about the play before they begin reading, and then annotate the opening stage directions.
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Dismantling Democracy (UK)
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Use these slides to help students examine the steps the Nazis took to replace democracy with dictatorship and draw conclusions about the values and institutions that make democracy possible.
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"Home" by Warsan Shire
British-Somali poet Warsan Shire gives voice to the experiences of refugees in this poem about "home."
![Syrian refugees cross from Syria to Turkey via the Orontes River, near the village of Hacipasa, Turkey, Dec. 8, 2012. This image was one in a series of 20 by AP photographers that won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Photography.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/2013_SyrianRefugeesontheOrontesRiver_FH248167.jpg?h=c9f93661&itok=Gx3XIq0Q)
Un jeune Musulman lutte contrel’intolérance
Découvrir l'histoire d'un jeune Musulman qui lutte contre l'antisémitisme et la xénophobie dans son pays natal, la Suède.
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How Should We Remember?
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Use these slides to help students learn how to both respond to and design Holocaust memorials as they consider the impact that memorials and monuments have on the way we think about history.
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Introducing the Unit
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Use these slides to help students prepare to study the unit by reading a letter and working together to create a classroom contract.
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