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Education Under Pressure

Education Under Pressure

Alan Bennett's play follows eight grammar-school pupils preparing for Oxbridge entrance examinations in 1980s Sheffield. Their lessons become a conflict between education pursued for personal enrichment and education treated as a competitive performance.

1.3.9 The History Boys by Alan Bennett Lesson

  1. GCSE
  2. /English Literature
  3. /1.3.9 The History Boys by Alan Bennett

Step-by-step lessons on Eduqas GCSE English Literature 1.3.9 The History Boys by Alan Bennett. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Work through your set texts (Shakespeare, the 19th-century prose text, the post-1914 text, and the poetry anthology) alongside regular unseen-poetry practice, since Component 2's unseen poetry section is usually the most time-pressured on exam day.

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