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

Identifying features of the Gothic genre in the plot of ‘Frankenstein’

Exploring the character of Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’

Reading an extract from 'Frankenstein': A fateful night

Frankenstein's reaction to his creation

'Frankenstein' and the Gothic context

Regret in Mary Shelley’s 'Frankenstein'

Frankenstein's regret and the scientific revolution

Planning a written analysis of 'Frankenstein'

A written analysis of 'Frankenstein'

An introduction to 'Jane Eyre': Analysing an unseen extract

Reading an extract from Charlotte Brontë’s ‘Jane Eyre’

Lowood Institution: Gothic settings in 'Jane Eyre'

Analysing the atmosphere at Thornfield Hall in ‘Jane Eyre’

Using ‘Jane Eyre’ to inspire our use of gothic vocabulary

Using semantic fields to create a gothic atmosphere

Using figurative language to create a gothic atmosphere

Planning a Gothic description inspired by 'A monster within'

Organising our gothic writing to build tension

Writing a gothic description

Editing descriptive writing based on ‘A monster within’

Reading 'The Tell-Tale Heart'

The creation of suspense in 'The Tell-Tale Heart'

Symbolism in 'The Tell-Tale Heart'

Planning a cohesive argument about 'The Tell-Tale Heart'

A written analysis of 'The Tell-Tale Heart'

Analysing effective opinion articles

Using description in functional writing

The structure of an opinion article

Planning an opinion article about Gothic literature

Writing an opinion article on Gothic literature

Improving your opinion article on Gothic literature

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?

Starter Quiz

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