Year 8 Summer Workbook – An Inspector Calls

Year 8FHS

Learning episodes:

1. What is the context of the play? 4th May to 15th May

Over the next two weeks you are going to study and research the context of the play. We have created a number of activities for you but you can also do you own research. There are low stakes quizzes throughout the activities to build the knowledge in your long term memory. At the end of the two weeks, you will complete a quiz to see what you know and what you can remember.

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tLearning Episode 1: What is the context of the play?

1. What do you think the play will be about? a. Look at the posters for the play on Slide 3 and 4 and decide what you think the

play might be about.b. Watch the trailer and use the questions to make your predictions about what you

think the story might be on Slides 5-7.c. Look at the list of words on Slide 8. If you don’t know the meaning of any, then

look them up in the dictionary. Group the words that you think are connected together.

1.What do you think the play will be about?a. PowerPoint: https://fazakerleyenglish.weebly.com/uploads/2/8/4/7/28474203/y8_summer_term_learning_episode_1_-__1_.pptx

b. Trailer: https://youtu.be/cfwnGVkJ82s

c. PowerPoint : https://fazakerleyenglish.weebly.com/uploads/2/8/4/7/28474203/y8_summer_term_learning_episode_1_-__1_.pptx

Quizlet

Big Question Episode 1 Review

200 Word Challenge

Weekly Test

2. Who is J. B. Priestley? a. Watch the BBC Texts in Context video then answer the questions.b. Complete the MCQ and then self-assess using Slides 12 and 13.

2.Who is J. B. Priestley?a. BBC Video: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00w6x0h https://fazakerleyenglish.weebly.com/uploads/2/8/4/7/28474203/who_is_jb_priestley.docx

b. PowerPoint: https://fazakerleyenglish.weebly.com/uploads/2/8/4/7/28474203/y8_summer_term_learning_episode_1_-__1_.pptx

3. What was life like between 1912 and 1945? a. Watch the two videos on the context of the play. Put the events on Slide 14 into

chronological order.b. Read the historical context information. Reduce the information from each

section onto Slide 19 and 20.c. Watch the clips using the links on Slide 22 to see what life was like in 1945.d. Complete the MCQ and self-assess using Slides 24-25.

3.What was life like between 1912 and 1945?a. Video 1 - https://youtu.be/nKrUkCuSisU

Video 2 - https://youtu.be/vaMmogQu47A

b.Context information: https://fazakerleyenglish.weebly.com/uploads/2/8/4/7/28474203/historical_context_cards.do

cx c.PowerPoint : https://fazakerleyenglish.weebly.com/uploads/2/8/4/7/28474203/y8_summer_term_learning_episode_1_-__1_.pptx

4. What is a capitalist? What is a socialist? a. Look at the images on Slide 26 and think about what they are trying to say about

society.b. Watch the BBC video on Capitalism.c. Watch the BBC video on Socialism.d. Read the statements on Slide 29 and place them under capitalism or socialism.e. Look at the characters on Slide 30 and read the information about them. On Slide

31 you have to place them on the social hierarchy pyramid – the most powerful and rich go at the top.

f. Recap the terms on Slide 32 and then complete the MCQ and self-assess using Slides 33-34.

4.What is a capitalist? What is a socialist?a. PowerPoint: https://fazakerleyenglish.weebly.com/uploads/2/8/4/7/28474203/y8_summer_term_learning_episode_1_-__1_.pptx

b. Capitalism video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53S5ShUFX0I

c. Socialism video: https ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_TTYd6yIYI

d. PowerPoint: https://fazakerleyenglish.weebly.com/uploads/2/8/4/7/28474203/y8_summer_term_learning_episode_1_-__1_.pptx

5. What are attitudes to unwed mothers? a. Read the article on Slide 35 and summarise the ideas in 5 sentences.b. Complete the MCQ and self-assess on Slides 38-39.

5.What are attitudes to unwed mothers?a. PowerPoint: https://fazakerleyenglish.weebly.com/uploads/2/8/4/7/28474203/y8_summer_term_learning_episode_1_-__1_.pptx

6. Knowledge Review a. Recap on all of the MCQ questions.b. Complete the Big Question Review and compare your answers with those on Slide

41.c. Complete your final quiz on 15th May. Remember you can only take this quiz once

and your answers will be recorded.

6.Knowledge Reviewa. PowerPoint: https://fazakerleyenglish.weebly.com/uploads/2/8/4/7/28474203/y8_summer_term_learning_episode_1_-__1_.pptx

b. Big Question Review: https://fazakerleyenglish.weebly.com/uploads/2/8/4/7/28474203/review_the_big_questions_learning_episode_1.docx

Year 8 Summer Workbook – An Inspector Callsc. Final quiz: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=5WnUNGMyK0i8XU1lzNNXdr7vYi9Kk-ROs_eqFdopG0tUNDBBQThBNTY3MVc2SFpEMjlXQUQ0Q0E5TS4u

EXTRA CHALLENGE7. 200 Word Challenge: Write a paragraph on life during Edwardian society. Use

the checklist and success criteria to help you.a. 200 Word Challenge: https://fazakerleyenglish.weebly.com/uploads/2/8/4/7/28474203/200_word_challenge_-_edwardian_scoeity.pptx

8. Learn your spellings using Quizlet. Complete the spelling test for week 1 on Quizlet.

In the Student Workbook:

WEEKLY SPELLING, VOCABULARY, TECHNQIUES AND BIG QUESTIONS: SPRING TERMWEEK 1 WEEK 2 WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5

Spellings1. Arrogant2. Foolish3. Prejudiced4. Ignorant5. Stubborn6. Glorious7. Pompous8. Industrialist9. Business10. Selfish

Words to express sadness11. Tragic12. Catastrophic13. UpsettingVocabulary to describe Mr Birling14. Capitalist15. Pompous

Spellings1. Accommodation2. Beautiful3. Because4. Beginning5. Believe6. Character7. Ceiling8. Decided9. Definitely10. DisappearWords to express sadness11. Saddening12. Distressing13. SympathyVocabulary to describe Mr Birling14. Prejudiced15. Arrogant

Spellings1. Snobbish2. Abrupt3. Dismissive4. Callous5. Condemning6. Inflexible7. Emotionless8. Detached9. Hypocritical10. Dogmatic Words to express happiness11. Ecstatic12. Thrilling13. Rapturous Vocabulary to describe Mrs Birling14. Supercilious15. Aloof

Spellings1. Disappointed2. Embarrass3. Friend4. Immediately5. Minute 6. Necessary 7. Neighbour8. Nervous9. Opportunity10. PersuadeWords to express happiness11. Delightful12. Enchanting13. Wondrous Vocabulary to describe Mrs Birling14. Dogmatic15. Hypocritical

Spellings1. Victim2. Emblematic3. Vulnerable4. Desperate5. Moralistic6. Principled7. Powerless8. Underpaid9. Serious10. HelplessWords to express happiness11. Extraordinary12. Astonishing13. IncredibleVocabulary to describe Eva Smith14. Vulnerable15. Moralistic

WEEK 6 WEEK 7 WEEK 8 WEEK 9 WEEK 10 Spellings1. Queue2. Queueing3. Quiet4. Quite5. Receive6. Separate7. Sincerely8. Surprised9. Until10. MonologueWords to express anger

11. 11. Infuriating

Spellings1. Polite2. Tactful3. Traditionalist4. Dishonest5. Immoral6. Deceptive7. Aristocratic8. Disingenuous9. Suave10. Self-assuredWords to express anger

11. 11. Grossly

Spellings1. Realistic2. Reckless3. Rebellious4. Immature5. Compulsive6. Desperate7. Disgraced8. Irresponsible9. Frustrated10. RepentantWords to express anger

11. 11. Disgusting

Spellings1. Naïve2. Superficial3. Transformative4. Remorseful5. Sensitive6. Astute7. Empowered8. Compassionate9. Dynamic10. Socialist Words for a lot11. Abundant

Spellings1. Mysterious2. Systematic3. Moralistic4. Righteous5. Intimidating6. Imposing7. Omnipotent8. Authoritative9. Controlling10. interrogatorWords for large11. Colossal

Year 8 Summer Workbook – An Inspector Calls12. 12. Incensed13. 13. Exasperated

Vocabulary to describe Eva Smith

14. 14. Principled15. 15. Emblematic

12. 12. Atrocious13. 13. Vulgar

Vocabulary to describe Gerald Croft

14. 14. Disingenuous15. 15. Suave

12. 12. Abhorrent13. 13. Displeasing

Vocabulary to describe Eric Birling

14. 14. Compulsive15. 15. Repentant

12. Copious13. PlentifulVocabulary to describe Sheila Birling14. Astute15. Compassionate

12. Mountainous13. Substantial Vocabulary to describe The Inspector14. Omnipotent15. Authoritative

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Big Question Review1. Cover the page in half and try to answer the questions without looking at the information.2. Swap over and cover the questions. Read the answers and try to guess what the question could be.3. Go to the Quizlet link to revise: https://quizlet.com/_89fel8?x=1jqt&i=24y2vj

Big Question AnswerWhat do you think the play will be about?

A crime that has been committed.Responsibility - social class.

Who is JB Priestley?

An English novelist, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster and social commentator. He had understanding and empathy for the less fortunate members of society; he believed passionately in social justice and the widening of democracy.

What was life like in 1912?

After the Industrial Revolution, people had moved from the countryside to cities - living in cramped, unhygienic conditions. Trade Unions were emerging seeking better working conditions. In 1912 there was a national strike for coal miners. The Suffragettes were campaigning for gender equality.

What was life like in 1945?

World Wars had led to class erosion. Women worked together in leadership roles. Labour government in power. Welfare state introduced. New housing estates built for classes to live side by side.

What is a capitalist?

Someone who believes businesses should continue to make money no matter what human cost. We are all responsible for only ourselves.

What is a socialist?

Someone who believes in social responsibility and that we should look after one another and work together for the better.

What are attitudes to unwed mothers?

Patriarchal and religious society set expectations for them. Women were expected to be virtuous and moral.

What is class?

Division of society into different categories such as: upper class, middle class, lower class.

What is social division?

People do not have the same opportunities based on class, race and gender.

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Big Question Review – Answer the Questions

Big Question AnswerWhat do you think the play will be about?

Who is JB Priestley?

What was life like in 1912?

What was life like in 1945?

What is a capitalist?

What is a socialist?

What are attitudes to unwed mothers?

What is class?

What is social division?

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Big Question Review – Guess the QuestionBig Question Answer

A crime that has been committed.Responsibility - social class.

An English novelist, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster and social commentator. He had understanding and empathy for the less fortunate members of society; he believed passionately in social justice and the widening of democracy.After the Industrial Revolution, people had moved from the countryside to cities - living in cramped, unhygienic conditions. Trade Unions were emerging seeking better working conditions. In 1912 there was a national strike for coal miners. The Suffragettes were campaigning for gender equality.World Wars had led to class erosion. Women worked together in leadership roles. Labour government in power. Welfare state introduced. New housing estates built for classes to live side by side.Someone who believes businesses should continue to make money no matter what human cost. We are all responsible for only ourselves.

Someone who believes in social responsibility and that we should look after one another and work together for the better.

Patriarchal and religious society set expectations for them. Women were expected to be virtuous and moral.

Division of society into different categories such as: upper class, middle class, lower class.

People do not have the same opportunities based on class, race and gender.

Year 8 Summer Workbook – An Inspector Calls

Year 8 Summer Workbook – An Inspector Calls

Learning Episode 1

Big Question: What do you think the play will be about?

What can we deduce about the play based on the promotional posters?

What do each of the images have in common?

What time of day do you think the play was set?

Looking at the clothing in image 2, what time period or year do you think the play was set?

Looking at the clothing in image 2, can we determine if these characters are wealthy or poor?

Why, generally, would an inspector be called out? What sort of crime might have occurred?

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Watch the trailer for the play: https://youtu.be/cfwnGVkJ82s

White hat

What evidence can you find for the historical period in which the play is set?

What can we predict about the play’s setting?

What lighting effects were used in this production?

What can we assume about the play’s characters?

What clues are there about the events in the play?

Red hat

What do the lighting effects suggest about the emotions in the play?

How does the music make you feel?

What can you predict about the play’s themes?

Black hat

What difficulties might the characters face?

What, if anything would put you off watching a production of An Inspector Calls based on

this trailer?

Are there any characters or events that make you feel uneasy?

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Yellow hat

What do you like the look of based on your viewing of this trailer?

What, if anything, would make you want to watch a production of An Inspector Calls,

based on this trailer?

What do the reviews suggest about this particular production?

Green hat

How else could you inspire theatre-goers to see this production?

What questions do you have about the play from viewing just this trailer?

How would this trailer be different if the lighting and music were changed? Have you got

any ideas about what you would use instead?

Blue hat

How does the director combine different elements to have an effect on you?

What key words are spoken by the actors? What could you guess about their

significance?

What stands out most for you from watching this trailer?

Your Prediction – What will the play be about?

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Look at the key words below. Look any words up you do not know the meaning of. Then group word together that you think are connected.Make connections between the words then group them accordingly.

responsibility power individual

community old order new order

society capitalist laboursocial context J B Priestley historical context

audience social hierarchy dramatic irony

stage directions generation characterisation

performance hypocrisy conscienceguilt respectability youth and age

dialogue Arthur Birling characterisation

Sybil Birling Sheila Birling Eric Birling

Gerald Croft Eva Smith Daisy Renton

Community

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Big Question: Who is JB Priestley?

Visit the BBC’s Texts in Context series at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00w6x0h and watch the video.

Answer the following questions which are based on the BBC Texts in Context series for An Inspector Calls.

1) What adjective is used to describe J. B. Priestley’s play?

2) How does the speaker describe Priestley? As a conformist or a radical?

3) What two historical periods do we need to know about in order to understand the play?

4) How had Priestley become well known during WWII?

5) What, according to his son, did Priestley want for the people after WWII?

6) Write down three reasons that the social face of Britain altered during WWII.

7) What did people want after the war?

8) Why did Priestley set his play in 1912?

9) What was about to collapse?

10) How many people were paid less than 25 shillings a week?

11) Who were at the bottom of the pile?

12) Why were the British manufacturers so successful?

13) What happened on March 1st 1912?

14) How was Britain divided?

15) What does Edna represent?

16) Who were concerned about the way people were living?

17) What rarely met in the world of Edwardian Britain?

18) What’s the best thing about Sheila?

19) What was the real purpose of the charity groups?

20) What were unmarried mothers driven into?

21) What does Eric know is coming?

22) How does Tom Priestley describe his father?

23) What happened to Edwardian Britain in 1914?

24) What would Gerald betray if he changed?

25) The actress suggests that the play finishes in a certain way. What adjective does she use?

26) The film suggests a group of people won and a group of people lost, who were they?

MCQ – Multiple Choice Quiz1.) What year was J. B Priestley born?

a. 1892 b. 1893 c. 1894

2.) What war did J. B. Priestley fight in?

WW1 b. WWII c. Crimean War

3.) What did J. B. Priestley believe in? What did he try to fight for?

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Historical Context

Watch the videos on this website: https://fazakerleyenglish.weebly.com/modern-drama---an-inspector-calls.html

Put the following events into the correct order of when they happened.

If you cannot find the answer, research them.

Hitler comes to power in Germany

Elizabeth II becomes Queen

The first old age pensions are paid

The Titanic sinks (in April)

An Inspector Calls is performed for the first time in the UK

Captain Scott finally reaches the South Pole

An Inspector Calls is set (shortly before the Titanic sinks)

The First World War happens

The Wall Street Crash in the USA affects the world’s banking system

Queen Victoria dies

The Wright brothers make the first flight in a petrol-powered aeroplane

Television arrives in the UK

The Second World War happens

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AN INSPECTOR CALLS – HISTORICAL CONTEXT CARDSRead each of these areas linked to historical context. Reduce the information from each sections.

The Titanic

The luxury steamship RMS Titanic sank in the early hours of April 15, 1912, off the coast of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic after sideswiping an iceberg during its maiden voyage. Of the 2,240 passengers and crew on board, more than 1,500 lost their lives in the disaster. Titanic has inspired countless books, articles and films, and her story has entered the public consciousness as a cautionary tale about the perils of human hubris.

The Titanic was the product of intense competition among rival shipping lines in the first half of the 20th century. In particular, the White Star Line found itself in a battle for steamship primacy with Cunard, a venerable British firm with two standout ships that ranked among the most sophisticated and luxurious of their time. Cunard’s Mauretania began service in 1907 and quickly set a speed record for the fastest average speed during a transatlantic crossing (23.69 knots or 27.26 mph), a title that it held for 22 years.

The sinking of the Titanic also highlights the rigidity of the class system which existed in the early 1900s. Passengers travelling first class on Titanic were roughly 44 percent more likely to survive than other passengers, partly because they were offered seats on the lifeboats first, with third class locked in the depths of the ship to prevent ascent to the deck and the lifeboats which could have carried them to safety. 76% of third class passengers perished.

The Great Depression

The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from 1929 to 1939. It began after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. Over the next several years, spending and investment dropped, causing steep declines in industrial output and employment as failing companies laid off workers. By 1933, when the Great Depression reached its lowest point, some 15 million Americans were unemployed and nearly half the country’s banks had failed.

Despite assurances at the beginning of the depression from President Herbert Hoover and other leaders that the crisis would run its course, matters continued to get worse over the next three years. By 1930, 4 million Americans looking for work could not find it; that number had risen to 6 million in 1931.

Meanwhile, the country’s industrial production had dropped by half. Bread lines, soup kitchens and rising numbers of homeless people became more and more common in America’s towns and cities. Farmers couldn’t afford to harvest their crops, and were forced to leave them rotting in the fields while people elsewhere starved. In 1930, severe droughts in the Southern Plains brought high winds and dust from Texas to Nebraska, killing people, livestock and crops. The “Dust Bowl ” inspired a mass migration of people from farmland to cities in search of work.

The effects of the Great Depression were felt all over the world.

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World War One/Two

World War I began in 1914 after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire) and lasted until 1918. During the conflict, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire (the Central Powers) fought against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the United States (the Allied Powers). Thanks to new military technologies and the horrors of trench warfare, World War I saw unprecedented levels of carnage and destruction. By the time the war was over and the Allied Powers claimed victory, more than 16 million people—soldiers and civilians alike—were dead.

The total number of military and civilian casualties in World War I was about 40 million: estimates range from 20.5 to 22 million deaths and about 20 to 22 million wounded military personnel, ranking it among the deadliest conflicts in human history.

The total number of deaths includes about 9 to 11 million military personnel. The civilian death toll was about 11 million, including about 8 million of them which were due to war-related famine and disease and 3 million due to military actions and war crimes.

World War II was fought between the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, Japan) and the Allied Powers (Britain, United States, Soviet Union, France). Most of the countries in the world were involved in some way. It was the deadliest war in all of human history with around 70 million people killed. World War II started in 1939 when Germany invaded Poland. Great Britain and France responded by declaring war on Germany. The war in Europe ended with Germany's surrender on May 7, 1945. The war in the Pacific ended when Japan surrendered on September 2, 1945.

Labour troubles and strikes

The national coal strike of 1912 was the first national strike by coal miners in the United Kingdom. Its main goal was securing a minimum wage. After 37 days, the government intervened and ended the strike by passing the Coal Mines Act, establishing a minimum wage for the first time.

The dispute centred upon an attempt by the Miners Federation of Great Britain, the main trade union representing coal miners, to secure a minimum wage for miners in their district and replace the complicated wage structure then in place which often made it difficult for a miner to earn a fair day's wage. The same issues had caused a major dispute the previous year in South Wales and had become a national issue. The strike was a repeat of the unsuccessful strike of 1894 which also sought a minimum wage.

The strike began at the end of February in Alfreton, Derbyshire and spread nationwide. Nearly one million miners took part. It ended on 6 April after 37 days. The strike caused considerable disruption to train and shipping schedules.

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AN INSPECTOR CALLS – HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Event Reduce the informationIn this column, you should reduce the information you have been given regarding each event or idea into three to four bullet points.The Titanic

World War One/Two

The Great Depression

Labour and Strikes

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What was life like in 1945?

Post War Britain: What was life like in Britain after the WW2?

Watch the follow BBC Teaching Clips:

The Foundation of the National Health Service: https://youtu.be/0pnEMBgEG24

Immigration to London from Ghana and Jamaica: https://youtu.be/s2ZGM0mcn7U

Teenagers and Mod Culture: https://youtu.be/Bvt8bYI_tvw

Women in the Workplace: 1950s & 1960s: https://youtu.be/o79mEhOmQSU

The decline of the industrial North of England: https://youtu.be/qhcGV3ITyBQ

Poverty and overcrowding in London’s East End: https://youtu.be/Zf2y60GWsds

MCQ – Multiple Choice Quiz

1.) Approximately how many people died in WW1?

a. 38 million b. 40 million c. 44 million

2.) What year did the Titanic sink?

a. 1908 b. 1921 c. 1912

3.) What was the aim of the national coal strike?

a. To give workers holiday rights b. to secure a minimum wage

4.) When was the NHS established?

a. 1938 b. 1948 c. 1928

5.) What year did women get the vote in the UK?

a. 1912 b. 1918 c. 1922

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Big Question: What is socialism? What is capitalism?

What can you infer from the pictures below? What is the artist trying to show about society?

Watch the BBC ideas video on capitalism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53S5ShUFX0I

Watch the BBC ideas video on socialism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_TTYd6yIYI

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Task

Take the following statements and place them under the correct heading. Capitalism Socialism

The traditional views of the Labour Party. Views of Clement Attlee in 1945. Introduced the National Health Service.

This set of beliefs suggests that the rich should support the poor, and pay higher taxes, related to how much they earn.

The views of J.B. Priestley (who wrote the play), George Bernard Shaw, and H.G. Wells.

Proposes the idea of living together as a community, all looking out for and protecting each other.

Describes people like George Bernard Shaw, H.G. Wells, and J.B. Priestley as ‘cranks’ (an insult).

Has an attitude of ‘You’ve worked hard to earn your money, and you should be allowed to keep it all.’

Suggests that the poor should work harder so that they can become rich. All people should pay roughly the same amount of tax.

Has an attitude of ‘You should share your wealth, if you are rich, with those who aren’t.’

The traditional views of the Conservative Party. The views of Winston Churchill in 1945.

Proposes the idea of individual responsibility, looking out for yourself and those close to you, but not everyone in society.

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Social Hierarchy – remember that people belong in different groups depending upon their job and income.

Put the characters in the pyramid– decide where you think they should go and why.

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MCQ: Multiple Choice Quiz

1.) What is capitalism?a. Businesses should make money no matter the cost.b. We should look after each other and work together.

2.) What is socialism?a. We should look after each other and work together.b. Businesses should make money no matter the cost.

3.) What does social hierarchy group people based upon?a. Job and incomeb. Hobbies and interests

CHALLENGE:

Name an advantage and disadvantage of both.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Can you give examples of either in Modern Britain?___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Big Question: What are the attitudes to unwed mothers?

Read the following article:

UNWED AND PREGNANT IN 1893 – Julie RimerTo be pregnant and unwed in the late 1800s was a terrifying proposition for a woman. In some cases, a shotgun wedding ensued. There was a great deal of social pressure, particularly on the soon-to-be mother, to get married. As long as the father of the child did not desert the mother, the mother could retain some degree of respectability in the community. It also wasn’t unheard of for a desperate family to hide the pregnancy and arrange a quick marriage with another man, either hoping to pass the pregnancy off as his or offering him a good sized dowry to keep quiet about it. If this wasn’t feasible, the family might say that the girl had gone to visit a distant “relative” in another community; in reality, she may have gone off to a maternity group home where she would give birth to her child and give it up for adoption. She would have no choice in the matter because virtue and virginity were synonymous. A woman who lost her virginity outside of marriage—regardless of the circumstances surrounding that loss–was ruined.It was particularly hard for the village girl who was taken advantage of by a man of higher social status who had no intention of marrying her. A single woman with a child faced considerable social stigma in addition to economic hardship. Though rare, some mothers resorted to killing their infants because they knew they could never provide for them.The attitude toward unwed mothers became more tolerant in the years between 1880 and 1900. By 1900, the Florence Crittenton Homes, originally founded in 1883 as refuges for “fallen women” had become homes for “unwed mothers.” Still, even at the turn of the century, it was typical to consider a woman “ruined” if she were to find herself pregnant with no prospects of marriage. Even researching the topic in historical newspapers that were published between 1880 and 1900, I found very few articles under the search for “unwed mothers.” It was only under the more pejorative search terms of “bastard child,” “bastardy,” and “fallen women” that my search was rewarded with an abundance of articles.It wasn’t until almost 1920 that the attitude toward illegitimate children began to change significantly. People started to see that it was unfair to punish the innocent child born of illicit relations by making the child a social outcast.

TASK: Summarise the article ‘unwed and pregnant’ in five sentences.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Patriarchal and religious society frowned upon pregnancy outside of marriage. Women were expected to be virtuous and moral.

Find the meaning of the word ‘patriarchal’:

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Find the meaning of the word ‘virtuous’:

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

MCQ: Multiple Choice Quiz

1.) In a ‘patriarchal’ society who is in control?

a. Men b. Women c. Neither

2.) What does the term ‘virtuous’ mean?

a. Innocent and good b. Think they are better than others

3.) When did attitudes towards unwed mothers begin to change?

a. 1893 b. 1900 c. 1920

Complete the Big Question Review on the next page and then the final knowledge quiz at: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=5WnUNGMyK0i8XU1lzNNXdr7vYi9Kk-ROs_eqFdopG0tUNDBBQThBNTY3MVc2SFpEMjlXQUQ0Q0E5TS4u

Year 8 Summer Workbook – An Inspector Calls

REVIEW THE BIG QUESTIONS – LEARNING EPISODE 1Who was J.B Priestley? What is capitalism and socialism?

What was life like in 1912? What was life like in 1945?

What is class? What is social division?