The Handmaid's Tale

This scheme of work focuses on The Handmaid’s Tale at A-level. It contains 28 lessons that allow slow progression through the text, allowing opportunities for analysis and critical thinking. It is fully resourced and comes with worksheets, videos, notes, example essays and critical articles. It is particularly in depth for high achieving students, looking at post-modern concepts such as metafiction and the unreliable narrator. Each lesson focuses on different aspects of the text such as:

• why Gilead could come true
• the epigraphs
• identity
• feminist arguments
• the irony of Serena Joy
• class hierarchy
• rebellion
• oppression
• the role of the mother in society
• the female body
• use of colour imagery
• masculinity
• the role of religion