Modern text — Social context

What you'll learn

1. 1

   Imagine a writer from 100 years ago describing a busy train station. What would they NOT mention?

2. 2

   Which of these would a writer from 1910 NOT include in a story about a busy street?

3. 3

   Look at this timeline — see how inventions change what people talk and write about.

4. 4

   Let's analyse how social context affects a 1950s poem about a housewife.

5. 5

   Drag the inventions to the correct decade — which would a writer from that time mention?

6. 6

   A 1980s story mentions 'a girl waiting by the phone'. Why might a 2020 writer change this?

7. 7

   Match each text to the social context that influenced it.