A task from a subject studies workshop during my teacher training. Not limited to books or texts, but limited to those made by people of British heritage- otherwise this list would be far longer! I could expand and include many texts already taught at schools, but here is a start.
Year 7-9 (KS3)
The poem Jerusalem by William Blake and inspired play by Jez Butterworth
The book Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve
The book The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
The graphic novel V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and accompanying film by James McTeigue
Year 10-11 (KS4)
Extracts from the screenplay of This is England by Shane Meadows
The songs Parklife, The Narcissist and Coffee and TV by Blur
The book A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney and accompanying film by Shelagh Delaney and Tony Richardson
The book Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
The play Macbeth by William Shakespeare and accompanying film by Justin Kurzel
The song Teardrop by Massive Attack
Episodes of The Royle Family by Mark Mylod; Steve Bendelack and Caroline Aherne
Year 12-13 (KS5)
The film Shallow Grave by Danny Boyle
The film Dead Man's Shoes by Shane Meadows
The songs You and Me, Royal Morning Blue and Hollow Ponds by Damon Albarn
The book White Teeth by Zadie Smith
The film Four Lions by Chris Morris
The book Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft- Shelley
The book Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
The book Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh and accompanying film by Danny Boyle
Episodes from Phoenix Nights by Peter Kay
The plays Endgame and Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett
The songs Jubilee Street and Higgs-Boson Blues and the album Murder Ballads by Nick Cave
The film One More Time with Feeling by Andrew Dominik
Across year groups:
A selection of poems by Simon Armitage, Seamus Heaney, W.B. Yeats, Sylvia Plath, Philip Larkin etc.
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