Death of a Salesman

Concept Exploration

Task: You and your group must examine how one of the following concepts has impacted Death of a
Salesman:
DREAMS

MORALITY

BETRAYAL

FAMILY

ETHICS

ABANDONMENT

MONEY

APPEARANCE

You will do this by creating a visual representation of your assigned concept and finding a minimum of
SEVEN examples from the play (your examples MUST be DIRECTLY from the text and include page #s; your
examples should be from a variety of characters).
You will compile this information into a google slide show and present it to the class as part of our test review.
Your slide show will contain at least 9 slides. The first slide should contain your visual (either had drawn or a
collage of computer generated images), the next seven slides will each contain a textual example and an
explanation of how the example displays the theme. On the final slide you will construct a theme sentence
using your concept.
Steps:
Divide into groups of 2-3 students (Mrs. Hearn will assign your groups)
Assign your group members to the following roles:
Designer: Is responsible for creating the visual and putting together the slide show.
Investigator #1: Is responsible for finding quotes/examples from Act I.
Investigator #2: Is responsible for finding quotes/examples from Act II.
Presenter: Shares the information with the class; responsible for finding quotes/examples.

Death of a Salesman

Concept Exploration

Task: You and your group must examine how one of the following concepts has impacted Death of a
Salesman:
DREAMS

MORALITY

BETRAYAL

FAMILY

ETHICS

ABANDONMENT

MONEY

APPEARANCE

You will do this by creating a visual representation of your assigned concept and finding a minimum of
SEVEN examples from the play (your examples MUST be DIRECTLY from the text and include page #s; your
examples should be from a variety of characters).
You will compile this information into a google slide show and present it to the class as part of our test review.
Your slide show will contain at least 9 slides. The first slide should contain your visual (either had drawn or a
collage of computer generated images), the next seven slides will each contain a textual example and an
explanation of how the example displays the theme. On the final slide you will construct a theme sentence
using your concept.
Steps:
Divide into groups of 2-3 students (Mrs. Hearn will assign your groups)
Assign your group members to the following roles:
Designer: Is responsible for creating the visual and putting together the slide show.
Investigator #1: Is responsible for finding quotes/examples from Act I.
Investigator #2: Is responsible for finding quotes/examples from Act II.
Presenter: Shares the information with the class; responsible for finding quotes/examples.