Teacher Guide

The Pillowman Lesson Plan

Study Objectives

If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:

  1. 1

    Students will be able to engage with the ideas that The Pillowman presents about the role and power of writing.

  2. 2

    Students will be able to engage with theatrical design and performance as part of a theatrical text.

  3. 3

    Students will be able to evaluate arguments about the influence of onstage and onscreen violence.

  4. 4

    Students will be able to write analytically, argumentatively, and creatively about the central topics and themes of The Pillowman.

  5. 5

    Students will be able to consider the script in the context of twentieth- and early...

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