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

Tools for this Unit:

Resources for Teachers

Cantrell, J.R., Dougherty, E.A., & Fusaro, J.A. (2000). "Exploring the Effectiveness of Journal Writing on Learning Social Studies: A Comparative Study." Reading Psychology, 21. 1-11.

Carter-Jones, Sheila. "Influence of Culture on Response to Literature: Ten Black Women Respond to Short Stories by Black Writers." (1999): 1-262.

Du Bois, W.E.B.. The Souls of Black Folk. Cambridge: University Press John Wilson and Son, 1903.

Dunbar, Paul Laurence. The Collected Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar. Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 1993.

Feather, R.M., Jr. (1998). The Use of Guided Free and Formal Journal Writing in the Development of Conceptual Change in Ninth Grade Earth Science Students as Measured using Concept Maps and Achievement Tests. Dissertation. University of Pittsburgh.

Fry, Paul. Lecture. 12 July 2007 and 13 July 2007.

Glenn, Louise. The Creativity of Reading Fiction: An Exploration of the Creative Processes and Responses of Fiction Readers. University of Sheffield. September 2004.

Lock, Helen. "Invisible Detection: The Case of Walter Mosley." MELUS 26(2001): 77-89.

"Pittsburgh's Racial Demographics: Differences and Disparities."University of Pittsburgh: Center on Race and Social Problems. 2007.

Pitts, Leonard Jr.. "Why are black kids failing in disproportionate numbers? I asked some.." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette June 18, 2007:

Soitos, Stephen F.. The Blues Detective: A Study of African American Detective Fiction. Amherst: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1996.

Wesley, Marilyn C.. "Power and Knowledge in Walter Mosley's Devil in a Blue Dress." African American Review 35(2001): 103-116.

Schrock, Kathleen. "Discovery Education: Discoveryschool.com." Teacher's Helpers: Fry's Readability Graph. 7 Jul 2007. http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/fry/fry2.html

Resources for Students

Mosley, Walter. Devil in a Blue Dress. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 1990.

"Walter Mosley." Meet Walter. 2007. Hachette Book Group USA. 9 Jul 2007 http://www.waltermosley.com>.

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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