Exploring how love has changed over time

English

In 'Non-Fiction: Teenage Kicks', pupils evaluate how authors use language, to express similar or differing viewpoints. In 'Non-Fiction: Explorers', pupils analyse how historical or social context may lead to authors having differing views, on the same topics.

In 'Non-Fiction: Changing Views', pupils compare language choices used in non-fiction texts. In 'Non-Fiction: Teenage Kicks', pupils evaluate how authors use language to expresses similar or differing viewpoints.

In this unit, pupils develop their non-fiction reading and writing skills by looking at a collection of non-fiction texts about the theme of teenagers. They first build towards writing an open letter, before then looking at how they can write nuanced and sophisticated articles in an original voice.

Non-fiction: teenage kicks

women had full control over their romantic partners

fathers largely dictated who a woman should marry

Egeus from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' shows us what about love in the 16th century?

securing an advantageous match was important for a woman

a man's status was far more important than a woman's feelings for that man

a woman should always listen to her father about who to marry

What does Jane Austen show about love in the 19th century?

For a woman living in 1814, what would be considered an advantageous match?

The language of love: why our grandparents were better at expressing emotions

From letters to likes: declarations of love have got better with time

Love over time: how love has changed since Shakespeare’s day

Which article title below does *not* reveal the stance of the writer? 

everyone thinks that marriage is more important than love

Which is true of love in the modern day world?

What century did Jane Austen write her novels in?

What type of society did Shakespeare write in?

Match the situations on the left with the most likely inferences.

economic independence and career opportunities

higher education and learning opportunities

Why was marriage so important to middle class women in the 19th century?

It would probably make her independent and less reliant on marriage.

It might lead her to prioritise love over financial consideration.

It could create a practical approach in which marriage is a means to security.

It may encourage her to avoid marriage altogether.

How might a woman's inability to earn her own money in the 19th century affect her view of marriage?

Introduction

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