the process of coming up with new ideas or inventions

the period in which industries began replacing manpower and physical labour with machinery/technology

the period in which people began to value reason and rationale as a means to pursuing truth, knowledge and freedom

a set of logical reasons for a belief or idea

the process of using electricity to try generate life

Context for Gothic literature: science and religion in the 19th century

English

In 'A Monster Within', pupils explore extracts from Gothic fiction. In 'Gothic Poetry', pupils apply this learning to the poetry of Edgar Allan Poe.

In 'The Twisted Tree', pupils are introduced to the Gothic genre. In 'A Monster Within', pupils explore Gothic motifs in a range of more challenging texts.

In this unit, pupils explore the Gothic. They start by learning what the Gothic is, before reading extracts from 'Frankenstein' and 'Jane Eyre', practising descriptive writing and reading 'The Tell-Tale Heart'. They finally learn how to write opinion articles and then write their own.

A monster within: reading and writing Gothic fiction

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Depiction or discussion of famine, disease, natural disasters.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

In which century did the first Industrial Revolution in Britain start to take place? 

Which of the following inventions was not developed in the 19th century? 

The {{ }} was a shift in thinking, whereby reason and rationale were celebrated. There was an emphasis on learning the ‘truth’ about things. 

What did people in the Enlightenment era think that 'having the truth' would bring them? 

What theory did Charles Darwins' book 'On the Origin of Species' present? 

they were not proven properly by scientific evidence

Darwin was a convicted criminal so people didn't trust him

they contradicted existing prominent religious beliefs

some of Darwins' other theories had already been disproved

People did not like to think of themselves as animals

Why were some people fearful of theories like Darwin's? 

Which of the following is a date from the 19th century? 

an exact copy of something that already exists

the recycling of old materials and processes

Which of the following can be considered a 'gothic' description?

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Depiction or discussion of serious crime

Adult supervision required

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Context for Gothic literature: science and religion in the 19th century

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.