Lord of the Flies Gallery Walk
Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper. Be sure to label which station’s questions you are
answering. Remember to answer in complete sentences.
Station 1: British Schools in the 1930s and 1940s
Read the articles provided in the folder and answer the questions below.
1. In your own words, how would you describe the classes in British schools during the 30s and 40s? Give at least
two specific details from the texts.
2. Explain what the author means by the following quote: “Our memories are very selective and there are probably
pupils who recall such activities vividly although for them gas mask drill is forgotten.”
3. What would children do for entertainment?
4. If you were in these schools, how would you react?
Station 2: Gang Mentality and The Robbers Cave Experiment
Read the information on Gang Mentality and Culture. Then, answer the question below.
1. According to the information, why do people choose to join gangs? Provide at least two reasons.
Read The Robbers Cave Experiment and answer the questions below.
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Describe the experiment (who is involved, where are they, what is the situation, etc).
What evidence is there of the groups bonding? What do they do to reaffirm their status within the group?
What happened when the groups were brought together for the first time?
How did the groups work together?
What is the end result of this experiment?
Station 3: Background on William Golding and Lord of the Flies
Read the background information on William Golding and answer the questions below.
1. What is Golding’s work history? How might this have affected his choice in writing Lord of the Flies?
2. What commonalities do you see in the type of novels Golding wrote?
Read the background information on Lord of the Flies and answer the questions below.
1. What is the historical context of Lord of the Flies? What clues are there to suggest this?
2. What genre is Lord of the Flies? What can you expect from a book of this type of genre?
3. Do you agree or disagree with Golding’s theme? Why do you think this?
Station 4: Operation Pied Piper
Read the information on Operation Pied Piper and the Evacuees of Britain. Then, answer the questions below.
1. Who was evacuated? Why were they evacuated?
2. What did children think of the evacuation?
3. What advice/commands did parents give to their children? If you were a child, what would you think of this
advice?
4. Explain the phrase “I’ll take that one” as it relates to this article.
Read the information from the Daily Mirror and answer the questions below.
1. How did the children react to leaving? Why do you think they reacted this way?
2. How does the newspaper describe the evacuation procedures (did it go well, were there issues, etc)?
Station 5: William Golding’s Nobel Speech
Read Golding’s speech, look up any words you do not know, and answer the questions below.
1. 25 years ago, Golding is labeled as a pessimist. Because of this, people do what while reading his books?
2. Explain what Golding means in the following quote: “But just as bad money drives out good, so inferior culture drives
out superior.”
3. According to Golding, why is the novel/idea of the novel so important?
Station 6: Kindertransport
Read the information about Kindertransport and answer the questions below.
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What does “kindertransport” mean?
Why were children moved?
To where were children taken? Why were they taken to these specific places?
Describe the life of the children once they were placed in Britain.
Station 7: The Coral Island
Read the summary of The Coral Island and answer the questions below.
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Who are the main characters of The Coral Island?
How do the boys act before they meet other people on the island?
What happens to the boys on the island?
Do their actions change over the course of the story?
Look at the cover of Lord of the Flies. Then, answer the questions below by making predictions about the novel.
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Why is the boy under the fly?
Why are there glasses at the bottom? Why are they broken?
What is in the background of the cover? Why might this be important?
Who is the “lord of the flies”?