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Learning About Class Differences
Kind of Activity:
Group Work
Objective:
Identify themes of class in I[An Inspector Calls]
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.2
Structure:
Ask students to brainstorm a list of things that they associate with the term "class." What makes a person "upper class," "middle class," or "lower class"? This can be used to launch a discussion of the differences between the wealthy and the aristocracy, as applied to An Inspector Calls.
Discuss why the Birlings would have been considered "middle class." Though they are wealthy and respectable, they were not born...
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