In this lesson, students explore how J. B. Priestley uses the character of Mr Birling to communicate his views about society, capitalism, and social responsibility.
 
This lesson includes:
 
Posing the question “Can there ever be an ethical millionaire?” to introduce ideas about wealth, power, and responsibility
A task exploring capitalism, focusing on who benefits from the system and who is harmed
Analysis of key extracts from An Inspector Calls with a focus on characterisation as a method
Guided questions to support analysis of speech, interaction, behaviour, reactions, and thoughts and feelings
An independent writing task with sentence starters to support structured analytical responses