Teach The History Boys by Alan Bennett with this comprehensive and engaging teaching pack designed for Years 11–12 English. This complete play unit supports students in exploring themes of education, ambition, memory, sexuality, power, class, and the purpose of learning while developing sophisticated analytical and essay-writing skills. Through structured lessons and interactive classroom activities, students build confidence interpreting Bennett’s use of humour, intertextuality, and dramatic structure. This resource is ideal for senior English classrooms and exam preparation.

What’s Included:
A complete teaching sequence with ready-to-use lessons and engaging activities
Social and historical context, including 1980s Britain and educational politics
Analysis of key themes and characters
Language, dramatic, and stylistic feature analysis (monologue, intertextuality, irony, structure, stagecraft)
Exemplar analytical paragraphs and essay scaffolds
8 interactive whole class analysis lessons

You can:
Convert to PowerPoint: Upload the PDF to PowerPoint (File → Open) and it will automatically convert to slides.
Use in Google Slides: Upload the PDF to Google Drive, right-click, and open with Google Slides.
Use digitally or print: Upload the PDF to your LMS (Google Classroom, Canvas, etc.) or print it for handouts.
You could also use Canva to upload the PDF and convert and save as a PowerPoint.