A detailed resource used to introduce the historical and literary context of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
The starter is a knowledge recap task, drawing on existing knowledge from the students.
A quick consolidation task for AQA literature AO3 is included.
This is followed by a video provided by the National Theatre examining Mary Shelley’s life briefly.
Then a detailed examination of how context plays a part in the opening of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
Created for higher ability KS4 and for the AQA literature GCSE. All resources provided.