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No story is complete without strong characters driving the plot. But keeping track of the ties between characters can sometimes be challenging, especially when the story involves a large cast.

That’s where character maps come in handy! Enhance your literature unit with these ready-made charts designed to help students explore the connections between characters. Each character map is available as a downloadable PDF and includes an example sheet for teacher use.

Macbeth Character Map

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>No other characters display pride, guilt, and ambition quite like those found in the tragedy of Macbeth. As they read the play, students can fill out this chart with each character’s titles, relationship to connecting characters, and the character’s actions and/or fates.

Romeo and Juliet Character Map

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Are your students having trouble identifying the relationships between the Capulets, the Montagues, and other denizens of Verona? This printable character map will help them keep track of the classic play’s core cast.

To Kill a Mockingbird Character Map

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For over sixty years, Scout, Atticus, Jem, and other beloved characters from the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama, have captured readers’ imaginations. With this downloadable character map, your students can trace the relationships between the novel’s main characters.

The Great Gatsby Character Map

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From the socialites of East and West Egg to the working-class citizens of the valley of ashes, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s timeless novel is filled with memorable characters. As students follow the story of Gatsby, have them fill out this chart to examine the connections between Gatsby, Nick, Daisy, and other characters.

You can find even more free lesson plans for your curriculum at the English Teacher’s Free Library!