King Lear: A Level Advanced Learner Pack

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King Lear: Contexts, Themes and Questions

Advanced Learner Pack for AS / A Level

King Lear
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AQA B _{AS and A Level}
Edexcel _{A Level}
Eduqas _{A Level}
OCR _{A Level from 2025}
WJEC _{A Level}

While based on a semi-historical king, King Lear stands apart from Shakespeare’s history plays as a unique tragedy laced with betrayal, ambition, misrule and family and political conflict. An engagement with its fascinating context also highlights its relevance to modern times.

Inspire your students to explore both themes and contexts to answer the following questions: why do study King Lear in this day and age, and what can the play reveal to us about our own age and its social, political and personal anxieties, fears and needs?

Look out for!

Further reading suggestions
Detailed analysis of key extracts
Sample answers and commentary for AQA B and Edexcel

Comprehensive notes, questions and exam-preparation material investigating the influential contexts and themes of King Lear for a fuller, more sophisticated understanding. Pitched to the 2015 AS and A Level specifications, this pack will inspire your strongest students to go the extra mile in their journey towards exam success.

Pushing high achievers…

Informative notes encourage students to think independently about the core aspects of the text, including characters, form, genre and themes
Packed with questions to promote intelligent discussion – the perfect springboard for higher-level analysis
Suggestions for wider reading empower students to foster an individual critical stance towards the text

To reach those top marks!

Exam-style questions provide extensive practice for creative, unique responses
Higher-level sample answers with examiner commentary help students recognise what makes a good answer
Revision and exam tips help students focus answers to gain top marks

Plus!

A carefully constructed historical timeline
Indicative content for all questions

What do teachers say about this resource? (11888)

I really enjoyed reviewing this! The info was perfectly pitched at pupils who are aiming for A/A* and the content was engaging and relevant. It felt like CPD for me! The in-depth level of info on a range of topics and themes was brilliant. I liked the constant focus on engaging with the material: the activities following each section were very well thought-out and clearly structured to allow pupils to apply the knowledge contained in that section to the play as a whole. This resource is aimed at stretching and challenging the most able in an A Level class and it perfectly does this: it would be easily used by providing a copy to each relevant pupil and allowing them to go away and work through the information, with perhaps a regular check in point with the teacher. I felt the extra reading that was given and the frequent pointers towards greater research would encourage and develop the most able. There is, of course, lots of merit in this resource in terms of developing knowledge of the play. The information clearly is applicable to any exam board and the content and level of detail is very strong. The resource was clearly aimed at developing knowledge of the Assessment Outcomes in relation to the text as a whole... I genuinely enjoyed reading through this resource and reviewing it. I felt it helped develop my knowledge of Shakespearean tragedy! Brilliant.

J Hathaway, Head of English & Peer Reviewer

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The in-depth level of info on a range of topics and themes was brilliant

J Hathaway, Head of English & Peer Reviewer

The info was perfectly pitched at pupils who are aiming for A/A* and the content was engaging and relevant

J Hathaway, Head of English & Peer Reviewer

I genuinely enjoyed reading through this resource

J Hathaway, Head of English & Peer Reviewer

It felt like CPD for me!

J Hathaway, Head of English & Peer Reviewer

I felt the extra reading that was given and the frequent pointers towards greater research would encourage and develop the most able

J Hathaway, Head of English & Peer Reviewer

King Lear: Contexts, Themes and Questions

Advanced Learner Pack for AS / A Level

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