The History Boys: With GCSE and A Level study guide (Faber Educational Editions)

Designed to meet the requirements for students at GCSE and A level, this accessible educational edition offers the complete text of The History Boys with a comprehensive study guide. Highlights of Andrew Bruff’s guide include: – detailed analyses of character, theme and structure; – a clear introduction to the context of the play and its author; – key quotations and activities both for the student working alone and in the classroom. An unruly bunch of bright, funny sixth-form boys in pursuit of sex, sport and a place at university. A maverick English teacher at odds with the young and shrewd supply teacher. A headmaster obsessed with results; a history teacher who thinks he’s a fool. In Alan Bennett’s award-winning and hugely popular play, staffroom rivalry and the anarchy of adolescence provoke insistent questions about history and how you teach it, about education and its purpose. – ASIN: 0571335802 | ISBN13: 9780571335800 | ISBN-13: 978-0571335800