Jane Eyre Context Activity

This Jane Eyre context activity is designed to develop student knowledge of the social, cultural and historical context of the novel and support their understanding of the novel as a whole.

Five topics are included. They are:

• The Gothic
• Gender
• Social Class
• Religion
• Children

HOW TO USE THIS RESOURCE
Split the class up into five groups. Each group should work through one topic. They should find and summarise key information and then present this to the rest of the class. While each group is presenting, the rest of the class should be making notes so that each student has notes on each topic by the end of the lesson. I reccomend allowing 30-35 minutes for research preparation and 20-25 minutes for presenting and note taking.

You may also want to ask students to write down questions they have about each topic so that they can conduct further research.
This can be used for an exam board that teachers Jane Eyre.