Across the Curriculum with Detective Fiction for Young People and Adults

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 07.02.01

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Overview
  2. Rationale
  3. Objectives
  4. Strategies
  5. Classroom Activities
  6. Extension Activity
  7. Funding
  8. Explicit Material
  9. Resources for Teachers
  10. Appendix A- Local Standards
  11. Appendix B
  12. Appendix C

Using Walter Mosley Detective Novels (Devil in a Blue Dress) to Motivate Reluctant High School Readers

Jessica Colbert

Published September 2007

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Funding

Our school based funding has been drastically cut over the last two years. Mosley's novels are not part of the Kaplan curriculum and therefore are not part of the school's inventory. It may be necessary to submit a grant for funding for this unit. You may also want to use your school or local librarian for access to interlibrary loans of multiple copies of the same novel, though I do believe there is strong evidence that would suggest students are more likely to invest in a project when they can own it, literally. A student owned copy of the novels is ideal.

Comments:

Judith Anne Fancher

April 23, 2013 at 12:29 pm

Devil in a Blue Dress

I found this curriculum guide for Walter Mosley's Devil in a Blue Dress. What I see on the website looks fantastic and I was wondering if you could share the rest of the lesson plans you have for this book. Please email me if this is possible. Thank you very much!

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