This ready-to-teach lesson is designed for IB English Language & Literature teachers preparing students for the Individual Oral, but it can easily be adapted for A Level or other English specifications.

Using Netflix’s Adolescence, students explore how the creators use visual and narrative techniques to examine global issues of violence, misogyny, and responsibility.

The lesson includes:

• An introduction to global issue categories with direct links to Adolescence.

• Exploration of the rise and impact of misogyny today.

• Close analysis of two key scenes (Episode 2 and Episode 3) with guided questions that connect authorial choices to global issues.

• Reflection tasks guiding students to connect Adolescence with set literary texts