Thornton Wilder
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| Our Town E-Notes Lesson Plan A thorough unit plan, featuring activities, quizzes, tests, and more. Also includes the complete eNotes to the play. |
From Our Town to Our Time
In this lesson, students read a review of a current production of Thornton Wilder's Our Town and a portion of the play, then write a scene inspired by the play's timely and timeless aspects and later perform the scenes as readers' theater. Along the way, they reflect on the "precious and ordinary" in their own lives.
Our Town
Extensive study guide questions, with extension lessons using Norman Rockwell and "Eleanor Rigby" by the Beatles. Scroll down to find possible test questions.
Our Town
Plot summary, themes, more.
Our Town
Daily outlines, act-by-act commentaries, key quotations, and a writing assignment.
Our Town
Glossaries of vocabulary words drawn from the play and of drama terms, and related links.
Our Town
This resource from PBS's Masterpiece Theatre series includes a Teacher's Guide. The guide lists discussion questions, suggestions for a variety of followup activities, and more.
Our Town Imaginary Maps
Students draw a map of the town from the description given by the Stage Manager in the beginning of Act I.
Our Town: Producing a Documentary Film Spotlighting the Everyday Sights and Sounds of a School
A possible follow-up to the play. Students "identify hubs of activity in their school and produce documentary films and/or photographs that highlight the sights and sounds of those areas."
Thornton Wilder's Our Town: the Reader as Writer
Students pause at various intervals in their study of Thornton Wilder's Our Town to develop their own settings, characters, and conflicts.
