Teaching 'Death of a Salesman' With The New York Times Since its first stage production in 1949, Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" continues to find audiences. On Monday, a new Broadway production, directed by Mike Nichols and starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, began its run of preview performances. In 1975, critics suggested the play had gained, not lost, resonance in the 25 years since its premiere. And some believe the story of a man realizing that the success he had chased had eluded him has only become more relevant recently, amid the discontent of the Occupy movement. Indeed, in 2011, the Times theater critic Ben Brantley speculated about the 2012 Broadway production: "Willy Loman may emerge as even more a man of our time than he seemed to be of his when the play first opened in 1949." Perhaps "Salesman" also endures because the characters continue to remind audiences of themselves, of people they know and of their own fractured relationships. In his review of a 1990 production of "Death of a Salesman," Alvin Klein quoted Miller as saying, "The play is really about mortality and leaving something behind. Willy Loman is trying to write his name on a cake of ice on a hot July day. Here are resources for teaching "Death of a Salesman." How do you teach it? As always, we'd love to hear from you. New York Times Resources General: Overview: "Death of a Salesman" Times Topics: Arthur Miller Times Topics: Theater Times Topics: Books and Literature Times Topics: Income Inequality On the 2012 Broadway Production: ArtsBeat: "Death of a Salesman" Coming to Broadway With Philip Seymour Hoffman ArtsBeat: Son of a "Salesman": Andrew Garfield Will Play Biff Loman in Broadway Revival On the American Dream: Economix: Fatalism and the American Dream Economix: New York Metro Area Has Highest Inequality in Country Editorial: The State of the Union in 2012 National: Harder for Americans to Rise From Lower Rungs Op-Ed Column: The White Underclass Op-Ed Column: Can the Working Class Be Saved? Room for Debate: Is the U.S. Still a "Land of Opportunity"? On Parents and Adult Children: Opinionator: Growing Up, Then Going Home Motherlode: Do ALL Parents Love One Child More? On Popularity, Status and Success: Shortcuts: Peeking at the Negative Side of High School Popularity Book Review: Why Nerds Succeed Style: A Former Geek Offers Hope Resources From the Times Archives On Miller: Theater: Arthur Miller (1915-2005) Op-Ed: Attention Must Be Paid Theater: A Salesman Who Transcends Time Sunday Magazine: Arthur Miller: A Retrospective Theater: Miller Recalled as Last of Giants On Various Versions of the Play: Surprise of a Salesman: Christopher Lloyd (2010) Willy Loman Is Lost, Still Looking for a Stimulus Plan and Some Dignity (2009) Attention Must Be Paid, Again (1999) Hoffman in "Death of a Salesman" (1985) Miller's "Salesman," Created in 1949, May Mean More to 1975 (1975) Television: "Death of a Salesman" (1966) Transferring "Death of a Salesman" to Film (1951) "Death of a Salesman" to Make 112 Stops on Tour, Beginning Next Year (1951) "Death of a Salesman": Arthur Miller's Tragedy of an Ordinary Man (1949) Multimedia: Slide Show: "Death of a Salesman" Interactive Feature: How Class Works Interactive Feature: What Percent Are You? Learning Network Resources Category: Great Lit Collections of teaching materials on other canonical works of literature, including "The Crucible." Lesson: Casting Doubt Considering "color-blind" and nontraditional casting decisions, based on a revival of "Death of a Salesman" with an all-black cast. Lesson: Life of a Stage Man Analyzing Miller's views about his works, characterizations as played out on the stage and the role of theater in today's society. Lesson: Acting Up Researching, watching and comparing live, film and written versions of a Tony Award-winning production. Lesson: On the Scene: Analyzing Scenes in Film and Literature Storyboarding events from real life, then examining the feature "Anatomy of a Scene" and developing analyses of scenes from film and literature. Lesson: The Show Must Go On Creating real or mock-up Web sites commemorating works of literature or theater. Lesson: It's All in the Delivery Adapting any text being studied in class into script formats. Lesson: That's the Spirit Exploring the commercial roots of the American dream and analyze a historical or literary text that supports this philosophy. Lesson: The Wage War Exploring the implications of America's declining hourly wage trend. Lesson: A Personal Journey Students create timelines that chronicle life milestones, then write personal essays about their class status and aspirations for the future. Lesson: Social Motion Considering the difficulties associated with social mobility and interviewing adults about personal experiences with the topic. Lesson: Class Actions Defining the term "class" and exploring some of the ways that it plays into life in American society. Lesson: I Dreamed a Dream in Time Gone By Researching how the American dream has been experienced throughout history. Student Opinion: Are You a Brand? Writing and discussion prompt about the experience of always "selling yourself." Student Opinion: What's Your Role in Your Family? and How Do You Define "Family"? Two questions to answer about family dynamics.