This resource was originally published on the Collaborative Learning website (

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1 This resource was originally published on the Collaborative Learning website ( How to play: 1. Place all the cards face down on the table under the appropriate headings. 2. In teams of four each player picks three cards from the actions pile, three from the quotes pile and six from the characteristics pile. The remaining cards are shuffled and placed in a separate pile. 3. The youngest member of the team goes first. 4. They roll the dice and follow the instructions given. 5. If a player is able to place down one of their quote, actions or characteristics cards, the other players have to agree that the card is in the right place (you might want to provide students with a copy of the text for checking). If a player is wrong s/he takes the card back. 6. The winner is the first player to place all their cards on the board. To play, you will need: A dice (template below). An A3 sized game board (template below). Quotes, characteristics and actions card cut up. You should have 36 characteristics cards, 16 quote cards and 16 action cards Page 1 of 5

2 Dice Lay a characteristics card Give one of your cards to another player Lay an actions card Pick up another card! Lay a quotes card Choose any card to lay Page 2 of 5

3 Board Characteristics Quotes Actions Birling Mrs Birling Sheila Eric Gerald Inspector Goole Page 3 of 5

4 Actions cards Showed photos, but didn't let everybody see them at the same time. Sacked Eva for leading a strike. Got angry because she thought Eva laughed at her. Found somewhere for Daisy to live and gave her some money. Slept with Daisy and she became pregnant. Stole money from Birling's office to give to Daisy. Felt very bad about what she did to Eva. Refused to give the girl any money from the charity. Refused to admit any responsibility for Eva's death. Questioned each of the family in turn. Helped Daisy to get away from Alderman Meggarty. Saw the engagement of Sheila to Gerald as good business. Thought the father of the girl's baby should be responsible. Tried to make everyone realise that they had contributed to the girl's death. Telephoned the hospital - there was no girl who had committed suicide. Drank a lot throughout the evening. Quotes cards She was giving herself ridiculous airs. She was claiming elaborate fine feelings and scruples that were simply absurd in a girl of her position. Your engagement to Sheila means a tremendous lot to me. I caught sight of this girl smiling at Miss Francis as if to say: Doesn't she look awful? and I was absolutely furious. She was a lively goodlooking girl countrybred, I fancy A good worker too. A nice little promising life there, I thought, and a nasty mess somebody's made of it. The girl saw me looking at her and then gave me a glance that was nothing less than a cry for help. I was sorry for her, and didn't like the idea of her going back to the Palace bar. I didn't ask for anything in return. She'd impertinently made use of our name, though she pretended afterwards it just happened to be the first she thought of. If he refused to marry her then he must at least support her. Could I have a drink first? She told me she thought she was going to have a baby. You'll be able to divide the responsibility between you when I'm gone. One Eva Smith has gone but there are millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us. I behaved badly, too. I know I did. I'm ashamed of myself. She'd had a lot to say far too much so she had to go. A girl died tonight. A pretty, lively sort of girl who never did anybody any harm Page 4 of 5

5 Characteristics cards prosperous/rich heavy mid 50s pompous about 50 well-mannered pretty early 20s early 20s unsophisticated pleased with life a businessman attractive around 30 not at ease/awkward a bully half shy/half assertive chivalrous but morally weak cold/unfeeling socially correct self-important out of touch with real life lively determined a bad tempered shopper later repentant and caring immature thoughtless selfish calm has problems with drink a thief self-assured imposing sombre mysterious Page 5 of 5