Intro Quiz: Responsibility (Part 2)

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﻿Hello, welcome to today's English lesson. My name is Mrs Hendra. And I'm here to guide you through this unit, Revisiting; An Inspector Calls. Today, we continue to look at theme of responsibility. In particular, we're going to look at the idea of social responsibility. Now, Priestley gains his support for his message of social responsibility, not by presenting the economic arguments of a socialist society but instead, he focuses on the compassionate empathetic tale of Eva Smith. Let's find out how he presents socialism as a positive idea, as something that will lead to a fairer kind of society for the character of this Eva Smith. Let's get started.

For this lesson, you will need paper or book, something to write on, a pen to write with, your memory, and take a minute to clear away any distractions. Find a quiet space to work and turn those notifications off your phone. Pause the video whilst you get ready. Let's start. In part one, we will learn key vocabulary in terminology. In part two, we'll explore key characters and themes. In part three, we'll look at key moments and questions. In part four we'll apply learning and part five, we will do a review quiz. A big question is how does Priestley present ideas about responsibility? And this is our second part of our two part series on responsibility. Part one, key vocabulary and terminology. So today, we're going to need the word empathy. And it comes from the Greek word empatheia. Which means em in and pathos feelings in feeling. And the definition is the ability to understand and share the feelings of others. And I think it's a really good word to recognise the difference between empathy and sympathy. Sympathy is a feeling of sorrow or sorry for somebody. Empathy is feeling the same as somebody feelings. A feeling of anger, feeling the sadness, feeling the worries, whatever it is. It's kind of like walking in their shoes. It is easy to feel empathy for somebody, if you have experienced similar hardships. Priestley creates empathy for the working class through sympathetic portrayal of Eva Smith. Pause the video to write down this key word and definition. So the definition of victim. There's two definitions we can look at. So a victim is someone who has been hurt or killed. But a victim is also somebody who has suffered as a result of someone else's actions or beliefs or as a result of unpleasant circumstances. And we're going to link this word to Eva Smith. And both of these definitions are true for her. Unfortunately, not all victims survived after the train crash. Here's another example. Eva is a victim of Birling selfish and callous treatment of the working class. Pause the video to write down this key word and definition. So let's apply our key vocabulary. Which of the sentences below shows the correct use of the word empathy? One, Priestley's portrayal of Eva Smith creates a great deal of empathy for the working class. Two, Priestley does not empathy the upper classes. Pause the video, write down the correct sentence and resume once you're finished. The correct answer is Priestley's portrayal of Eva Smith creates a great deal of empathy for the working class. Let's do another task. Which of the sentences below shows the correct use of the word victim? One, Priestley describes Eva Smith in a victim of prejudice, or two, Priestley describes Eva Smith as a victim of prejudice. Choose your answer and write it down and pause the video to complete your task and resume once you're finished. The correct answer is Priestley describes Eva Smith as a victim of prejudice. Part two, key characters and themes. So let's start with a memory platform to complete these sentences about our big question. You're going to fill in the blank. So blank is the central blank of the whole play. Priestley expose a theme in two ways. One, Priestley is interested in our blank responsibility for own blank. And two, Priestley shares his blank message of collective responsibility to blank to take care of one another. So you need to fill in the blanks. The words are didactic, theme, society, personal, responsibility, and actions. Pause the video to complete your task and resume once you're finished. And here are the answers. Responsibility is the central theme of the whole play. Priestley explores theme in two ways. One, Priestley is interested in our personal responsibility for our own actions. And two, Priestley shares his didactic message of collective responsibility to society to take care of one another. So pause the video to check your answers. So now we're going to explore theme of responsibility by looking at social responsibility. Priestley believed that individuals needed to act with social responsibility. This meant that their individual actions should benefit and improve society. Therefore, social responsibility is the combination of personal and collective responsibility. A vital part of social responsibility is developing empathy for others. A key question is how does Priestley create a compelling case for social responsibility? True or false? Priestley believes that a vital part of becoming socially responsible is developing empathy for others. Choose your answer in three, two, one. Yes, that is true. So how does Priestley do this? Well, he uses the character of Eva. Priestley does not focus on the economic argument about social responsibility to share his message. Instead, he creates a emotive and very personal case for social responsibility using the tragic story of Eva Smith. Eva is innocent, she's powerless and she's a victim. Unlike the Birlings, Eva cannot and must not be held responsible for her actions. So she is a character who we are not asking her to take any responsibility. Priestley does not ask her to take any responsibility as all the other characters do and not her, she is a victim. True or false? Priestley uses economic arguments to convince his audience of the benefits of socialism. Choose your answer in three, two, one. No, that's false. He doesn't . He uses a motive personal case for socialism. True or false? Eva is powerless because she is dependent on supports and charity from the rich to survive. Choose your answer in three, two, one. Yes, that is true. She needs support from the rich to survive, otherwise she won't and that says exactly what happens in the plane. So now let's think about guilt and empathy. So Priestley uses the inspector to awaken the Birling's and our moral conscience by revealing the wider consequences of their actions. Blame is directed to the upper classes who must recognise their actions can lead to intense suffering, particularly for those less wealthy and successful than they are. Eva story helps us to understand how inadequate and damage in a capitalist society is especially for the working class. A capitalist society will always lead to a tragic end for women and men like Eva. By using Eva story Priestley subtly makes the audience aware that in a socialist era, like in 1945, such a tragedy would not exist as Eva would have access to welfare and government benefits. So the solution he's proposing subtly is the idea of the welfare state. True or false? Priestley shows that socialism is the only way to improve society for the working classes. Choose your answer in three, two, one. Yes, that's absolutely true. True or False? Priestley uses the Birlings to show that a capitalist society that neglects the social responsibility are to blame for the hardships of the working class. Choose your answer in three, two, one. Yes, that is true. He absolutely places the blame at the Birlings door. So when we think about Eva the victim, we need to think about the harm and suffering that she has been subjected to and to and to who by. So first of all, Mr Birling. So she is a victim of capitalist greed, as he says lower costs and higher profits. And she is the victim because she is the person who has less money because of his drive for greed. Eva is also the victim of upper class privilege. And it was the last study job she had. So Sheila uses her privilege and her jealousy to get Eva fired from her one chance of a steady income, her hope of survival. And she's also a victim of her class. As Gerald says as he uses his power to exploit Eva. "I suppose it was inevitable. "She was young and pretty and warm hearted. "And intensely grateful." And her treatment by Mrs Birling of course, she's a victim of prejudice, as if a girl of that sort would ever refuse money. And then of course, you've got Eric, and she's a victim of her gender. But afterwards, she told me she didn't want me to go in. So we've got the sexual exploitation of her as well. So she's a symbol of all the wrongs that the working class suffer. All the greed, the privileges, the abuse, the fact that her class is at the bottom of society that those prejudices by the upper class and the fact that she is a woman. So in order to create empathy for Eva Smith, this is the key in order to move towards a socialist ideology. Now Mr and Mrs Birling have no empathy whatsoever for Eva. All they are concerned about is themselves a public scandal. Now Gerald does have empathy and he is quite shocked and horrified. Oh God, that de does also say that he's not involved in this suicide business. Now Sheila and Eric are different. They start to feel empathy, even before they realise they're involved but they say, or Sheila says, I can't forget. This is something that has changed her. This is something that has had a huge impact on her. Now, the inspector, he is the one that is teaching the didactic message. So he has the most empathy for Eva Smith and throughout his conversations, he shows this compassion and empathy for her. You see, we have to share something. If there's nothing else we'll have to share our guilt. So let's check her understanding. Which of these characters do not develop empathy for Eva Smith? Choose one option. So A is Gerald, Eric, and Sheila or B, Mr Birling and Mrs Birling. Choose your answer in three, two, one. Yes, and the correct answer is Mr and Mrs Birling. How does Priestley use the character of Eva Smith to encourage social responsibility? Choose one of the following answers, pause the video if you need more time to think. A, she's a victim of capitalist greed and therefore encourages empathy. B, she's a victim of her own poor choices and encourages pity. C, she's a victim of pride and encourages no sympathy or D, she has power to improve her life but chooses not to. Choose your answer in three, two, one Yes, she's a victim of capitalist greed and therefore encourages empathy. Part three, key moments. So we're going to continue to look at theme of responsibility. But we're going to specifically look today at Priestley's powerful didactic message for an egalitarian society that is conveyed using the inspectors final speech. So in the previous lesson, we looked at the interrogations, and we looked at the twist and now we're going to look at his powerful didactic message because it links to Eva Smith. So key moment to the inspectors final speech. Priestley's powerful didactic message for an egalitarian society is conveyed using the inspectors final speech. And this is the quotation that we're going to look at. But just remember this. One, Eva Smith is gone. But there are millions and millions and millions of Eva Smith's and John Smith's still left with us with their lives, their hopes, and their fears, they're suffering and chance of happiness, all intertwined with our lives and what we think and say and do. So millions is repeated to represent the number of working class men and women who exploited on a daily basis by the greed of capitalism. The use of the inclusive pronoun we, contrast with the language of Mr and Mrs Birling who normally use I. The use of we, further emphasises Priestley's ideas of collective responsibility and how society should be formed. So now let's look at this quotation in further detail. We're going to analyse languages. This final speech is packed full of so much imagery and fantastic things that we can analyse. So the quotation is all intertwined with our lives and what we think and say and do. This moment explains Priestley's message of social responsibility most clearly. So I want you to think about these questions. One, how does this quotation explain Priestley didactic message? How does he create a message of equality, compassion and empathy? And consider the use of the word intertwined and how it compares with Mr. Birling speech in Act 1 about being mixed up like bees in a hive. So pause the video, write down the quotation and jot down your ideas. Here are some possible ideas. Priestley shows that all of our actions have an impact on each other, and that we cannot hide behind class divisions. The use of inclusive pronouns once again emphasise the importance of personal responsibility. He uses the word intertwined, which echoes Birling speech in Act 1 in which he dismissed socialism. Here, socialism is presented as the only option for improving society. So Priestley uses inspector as his mouthpiece to convey his didactic message that people in society need to live their lives with greater responsibility for the good of all. True or False? Priestley shows that the problem of inequality in society is not that big and easy to overcome. Choose your answer in three, two, one. No, that's false. Because as you know, the use of the word millions shows how widespread the problem is. Priestley shows that we all have a personal responsibility to act in a compassionate and empathetic way towards others. Choose your answer in three, two, one. Yes, that is true. That is the aim of his didactic message. Part four, applying our learning. We're going to answer the question, how does Priestley present ideas about responsibility? So I'd like you to write a short response to the question above, spend at least 15 minutes writing. You can include how Priestley creates empathy for Eva Smith by showing the Birlings are selfish, how Priestley explains his didactic message of social responsibility in his final speech, and how and why Priestley creates a dramatic end to the play. So words to include are victim, empathy, and egalatarian and didactic as well. So you can pause the video here and complete the task or you can look at some sentence stems on the next slide. So here are some sentence stems that you can use, Priestley uses, Priestley creates, the use of Priestley leaves us with. Pause the video to complete your task. Here is the example response. Priestley uses the inspectors powerful final speech to convey his didactic message about the importance of social responsibility. Here, Eva Smith becomes not just a victim, but emblematic of all working class men and women. Priestley uses repetition of the word millions to represent the number of working class men and women who exploited on a daily basis by the greed of capitalism. The use of the inclusive pronoun we, further emphasises Priestley's idea of collective responsibility and how society should be formed. Priestley leaves us with a phone message of the importance of personal responsibility to improve society for all. So you can pause the video here to check your answers, or you can look at and then you can look at the developed response on the next slide. So here is a developed example response. Priestley creates an empathetic and powerful message of the importance of social responsibility by using Eva Smith to symbolise the widespread suffering of millions of working class people. Inspectors final speech is an opportunity for Priestley to convey his didactic message for an egalatarian society by emphasising how everyone is intertwined, and that we must all behave with care and thought for those around us. Ultimately, Priestley presents a persuasive case for the audience to criticise and leave behind the self interested ideologies of capitalism, and instead look forward to a fairer more equal society brought about through embracing socialism. So you can pause the video to check upgrade and improve your work. And remember these examples are here to support you to develop your analytical writing. It is time for part five, the review quiz. Make sure that you follow the link and complete the exit quiz, as this will help you to reinforce and learn some of the important knowledge that we have learned today. So make sure you do that. And all that's left for me to say is thank you very much for your learning. Go over your notes, pick out the three most important things that you want to remember from your learning today, and thank you for your efforts and your learning and have a super rest of your day.

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In this lesson, we will explore how Priestley creates empathy for his message of social responsibility through the character of Eva Smith. We will explore how Eva is presented as a victim of capitalist greed. This lesson makes reference to the topics of violence and suicide. If these issues are sensitive for you, we recommend checking with a trusted adult before starting, or doing the lesson with a trusted adult nearby.

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