Jekyll and Hyde - Higher Ability Lesson Bundle - Victorian Behaviour and Psychology

The lesson begins by asking students to consider two hypothetical situations and their behaviour in these. This discussion is then used to Freud’s theory of the Id, the Ego and the Superego: students watch a short clip to review this theory and are provided with a range of questions to find the answers to as they watch. Students then consider the questions: What would happen if we all let our ID rule our behaviour? What would society look like? alongside some picture prompts. The lesson then introduces two terms important to the study of behaviour in the novel: ‘civility’ and ‘respectability’ - considering the etymology of these words. Finally, students consider how civility and respectability formed a code of behaviour for men and women in Victorian society, and then as a challenge how this is threatened by Freud’s theory of the Id.