The Hunger Games - teaching resource

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins – KS3 & KS4 Teaching Resource

This comprehensive teaching resource is designed to support the study of Suzanne Collins’ bestselling novel The Hunger Games. Containing a 71-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 12 worksheets, the unit provides a wide range of lessons and activities suitable for pupils of all abilities at KS3 and KS4.

The resource guides students through the novel’s context, characters, themes, language, and structure, offering opportunities for close analysis and creative engagement.

Students will:

• Explore how The Hunger Games blends genres and the concepts of utopia and dystopia

• Examine key themes such as gender, Social Darwinism, stereotypes, reality TV, and the influence of mass media

• Analyse setting, characterisation, and Collins’ use of description

• Study the development of Katniss Everdeen as a protagonist

• Investigate how the author creates tension and suspense throughout the narrative

• Discuss structure and its role in sustaining reader engagement

• Take part in speaking and listening activities, as well as analytical and creative writing tasks

• Evaluate the writer’s craft, language choices, and their effect on the reader

This fully resourced unit provides everything needed for an engaging and thorough study of The Hunger Games, helping students to build confidence in literary analysis while enjoying one of the most popular YA novels of recent decades.

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