Teacher Guide

Blood Relations Lesson Plan

Relationship to Other Books

-Other plays by Susan Pollock, which often explore true stories and struggles of people who belong to marginalized groups, including Kabloona Talk. These will also provide further examples of Pollock's style, organization, and thematic interests.

-Susan Sontag's Regarding the Pain of Others, which explores why we are fascinated with war stories, grisly true crime tales, and violent cold cases.

-Other adaptations of the Lizzie Borden story, for example, Lizzie: The Musical.

-Canadian playwrights contemporary to Sharon Pollock, especially those who are similarly interested in exploring historical stories and commenting on the struggles of marginalized groups (for example, Tomson Highway,...

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