A complete teaching and revision bundle for I’m Not Scared (Io non ho paura), directed by Gabriele Salvatores, designed for use as a comparative text for Leaving Certificate Higher and Ordinary Level English.

This bundle is designed to take students from their very first viewing of the film right through to exam preparation, with a student workbook, detailed comparative notes and sample answers based on real past Leaving Certificate questions.

WHAT’S INCLUDED

1. I’m Not Scared Student Workbook | 25 pages

A student-friendly workbook that can be used while teaching the film, including:
• Before-you-watch activities
• First viewing activities
• Six structured second-viewing sections
• Key moments revision map
• Cultural Context activities
• Higher Level Cultural Context planning
• Ordinary Level Social Setting activities
• Higher Level Theme or Issue: Power, Freedom & Control
• Ordinary Level Theme activities
• Exam-question planning pages
• Final comparative evidence bank
• Key character revision
• Ten key quotations with analysis

The workbook encourages students to move beyond plot summary and think about character, setting, film technique, key moments and comparative modes.

1. Freedom & Control: Detailed Theme or Issue Notes | 14 pages
   Comprehensive teacher/student notes exploring:
   • Physical, moral and emotional freedom
   • Power and control
   • Michele and Filippo
   • Fear as a method of control
   • Family and authority
   • Childhood versus the adult world
   • Landscape, light and darkness
   • The cost of freedom
   • Taking back control
   • Key characters, moments and quotations
   • Exam-focused analysis

2. Cultural Context Notes | 12 pages
   Detailed notes covering:
   • Southern Italy in 1978
   • Poverty and social class
   • The North/South divide
   • Family, community and betrayal
   • Childhood and adult authority
   • Gender roles, masculinity and power
   • Rural isolation and opportunity
   • Crime, law and justice
   • Conformity, silence and loyalty
   • Freedom and control
   • Film techniques and key evidence
   • Comparative answer guidance

3. Higher Level Sample Answers | 2024–2026
   Full 30-mark Higher Level comparative responses covering Cultural Context and Theme or Issue, including the 2026 Cultural Context question on social mobility.

Students can see how to turn their knowledge of the film into a focused, developed examination response.

1. Ordinary Level Sample Answers | 2024–2026
   Accessible 15-mark model responses covering Social Setting and Theme, written at a level suitable for Ordinary Level students.

IDEAL FOR
• 5th and 6th Year English
• Higher and Ordinary Level classes
• Teaching I’m Not Scared for the first time
• Guided first and second viewings
• Comparative study folders
• Homework and independent work
• Revision
• Exam-question preparation
• Mixed-ability classes