The Handmaid's Tale Activity PowerPoints

A series of seven PowerPoints breaking The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood into sections. The sections are:

• Chapter 1 to 6
• Chapter 7 to 12
• Chapter 13 to 17
• Chapter 18 to 23
• Chapter 24 to 29
• Chapter 30 to 40
• Chapter 41 to 46 with Historical Notes

Each section has its own PowerPoint with three to ten slides containing questions on the novel. Questions cover characters, events, narrative perspective and specific quotations. Activities are appropriate for an upper GCSE, A Level or college level student.

In total, the PowerPoints contain 32 pages of slides with questions for students to answer.

A summary sheet is included to provide students with a way of remembering what happens in each chapter.