A Doll's House
This 1879 drama initiated a new chapter in women’s history. A Doll's House demonstrates the stifling effects of patriarchal society in the context of what seems to be a happy family. Compressed time and precise symbols function to introduce characteristics of modern drama.
About the Series:
Novel/Drama curriculum units contain complete lesson plans with preliminary and follow-up work, teacher notes with plot summary, background, and rationale, ready-to-use worksheets, and suggested answers for student questions. These study guides encourage the development of thinking, reading, speaking, research, and writing skills as well as critical thinking skills such as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
Price: $19.95
Literary Form
World Drama
Student Activities
Students take a step-by-step approach to the play and relate key issues to twenty-first-century life. They analyze plot, characters, symbols, setting, and themes. They have opportunities to dramatize and role play scenes from the play. They discuss study guide questions and participate in several compare/contrast activities. They create alternative endings for the play.
Supplementary materials include culminating activities, an objective test with answer key, and a study guide with answer key for the related play, Hedda Gabler.
Ethical Values
- Compassion
- Courage
- Family commitment
- Freedom
- Integrity
- Self-actualization
- Truth
