Exploring and engaging with themes in 'A Christmas Carol'
I can identify and engage with the key themes in ‘A Christmas Carol’.
Exploring and engaging with themes in 'A Christmas Carol'
I can identify and engage with the key themes in ‘A Christmas Carol’.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- A theme is a big idea, topic or message that recurs within a story.
- Themes often link together and overlap.
- The theme of transformation is an important theme in ‘A Christmas Carol’.
- Transformation is depicted through Scrooge's journey from a miserly individual to a compassionate and generous one.
- Dickens uses Scrooge’s treatment of others and their treatment of him to convey this change.
Keywords
Theme - A theme is a big idea, topic or message that recurs within a story.
Convey - To convey means to communicate a message to the reader directly or indirectly.
Transformation - Transformation is the process of significant change, often resulting in a big shift in character, beliefs, or behaviour.
Common misconception
Children may not realise that a story can contain multiple themes which sometimes overlap.
Discuss a simple but well known tale and its many themes in advance of the lesson.
Licence
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Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
Exit quiz
6 Questions
a big idea, topic or message that recurs within a story
to communicate a message to the reader directly or indirectly
the process of significant change
After his transformation, Scrooge treats Bob like a close friend.
Scrooge eventually realises that he can be accepted by others.
For a long time, Scrooge treats others very badly.