An Inspector Calls Plot, Context, Setting, Form and Genre Bundle

An Inspector Calls Plot Revision Grid:
A blank revision grid designed for revision.
Can be easily adapted for other plays or texts in this unit.

Form and Genre Revision Lesson:

• A starter to encourage pupils to consider how An Inspector Calls is a morality/whodunit/well-made play with links to AO2.
• Top tips on how to analyse form in relation to the play.
• A grid activity with information stations to allow pupils to retrieve information about the three forms of the play, building on the starter activity and space for them to consider the effects of form.
• A slide exploring the Three Unities - pupils to consider where these are evidence in the play.
• A review comprised of questions to check understanding.

Context and Setting Revision Lesson:

• References to Assessment Objective 3 using AQA wording
• Questions to prompt thinking about society in 1912 and Priestley
• Information on social class and how society changed between 1912 (set) and 1945 (first performance)
• Information about the police force in 1912
• References to ‘fallen women’ and a table activity to generate analytical thought
• Information on politics and working life
• Activities to encourage pupils to consider key settings, particularly the opening of the play with Priestley’s use of stage directions.