An Inspector Calls: The Inspector Act 1

A fully-adaptable PowerPoint on the Initial Characterisation of the Inspector in Act 1 of an Inspector Calls for mid-to-higher level groups.

Prior to the lesson, students will need to have read from the Inspector’s entrance and the subsequent interrogation of Birling’s involvement with Eva before using the resource.

The resource makes use of skills such as questioning the text and making links between the characterisation of Birling and the Inspector as foils. The focus is on the language of the characters and significantly, the contrasting stage directions.

Includes:
LOs and skills
The significance of the bell ring and what Birling is saying at that point
Priestley’s characterisation of the Inspector in the stage directions as a contrast to Birling and the family
Significance of the Inspector’s name
Significance of the Inspector’s news (about a young woman)
Significance of the Inspector’s methodology
Significance of the contrasting stage directions in how Birling and the Inspector should deliver their lines.
A reflection on Birling and the Inspector as foils in terms of beliefs and values
A plenary slide in which to reflect on learning and skills from the lesson

Under most slides there are indicative answers in the notes section for teachers to help them. Students will likely come up with other valid answers so these are only a guide.

Best wishes,
Englbee x