Across the Curriculum with Detective Fiction for Young People and Adults

Websites

http://www.theartofmurder.com/table/clueboardgames/master/master.html

Introduction to the game Clue Master Detective. Explanation of suspects, rooms, and weapons.

http://www.case.edu/artsci/engl/marling/hardboiled/index.html

A history of hard-boiled detective fiction through the biography of individual authors. Very informative site.

http://changingminds.org/disciplines/argument/types_reasoning/deduction.htm

Explanation of deductive reasoning

http://www.crimeculture.com/Contents/Crimeculture.html#sections

An academic internet site exploring different critical approaches to crime fiction. Great site.

http://www.easybib.com/ -

Site to help students complete reference pages

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_Who_Was_Death

Brief information on Napoleon background

http://faculty.evansville.edu/ra2/

Women mystery and detective fiction and the rise of feminism. A list of women in Detective fiction with additional links.

http://www.geocities.com/fa1931/british/conandoy/speckled.html

Great link to copies of Sherlock Holmes stories

http://www.geospiza.com/education/docs/DNA_fingerprinting.pdf

A DNA fingerprinting exercise for any type of class

http://www.housemd-guide.com/holmesian.php

This website shows a side-by side comparison of Holmes and Dr. Gregory House on Fox 5. Great for a 2007 look at a "Holmes" character.

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/acdoyle.htm

Biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

http://lachlan.bluehaze.com.au/books/knox_essays_in_satire/index.html

A complete copy of Ronald Knox's essay of the virtues of studying Holmes. Good text to use side by side with Edmund Wilson's, "Who Cares Who Killed Roger Ackroyd."

http://members.aol.com/stannum/puzzle/main.htm deductive puzzles for kids to solve

http://www.mysterylist.com/declog.htm

This site lists the commandments of detective fiction through the eyes of various authors from various time periods.

http://www.occc.edu/BBDiscovery/documents/Modules/CLUE.htm

Uses Parker Brother's game CLUE to learn about DNA Fingerprinting

http://www.playsbg.com/pdf/CSI%20Senses_Extended%20Game%20Play%20Rules.pdf

The Game rules for CSI: Senses Game

http://www.sherlock-holmes.co.uk/

Quiz on Holmes. Good for pictures of items from Victorian Age.

http://www.sherlockian.net/-7k

This web portal has some wonderful information on Sherlock Holmes. Great links to helpful sites.

http://www.sherlockholmesonline.org/Biography/biography3.htm

Biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

http://www.sherylfranklin.com/sh-rathbone.html

Great pictures of Basil Rathbone as Holmes. At first seem a just OK site but some of the links provide valuable information.

http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/itl/graphics/induc/ind-ded.html#1

Explanation of inductive and deductive reasoning with examples

http://www.trussel.com/detfic/detect.htm

Detective fiction on stamps. Might be interesting for students to view these stamps.

teachersinstitute.yale.edu/curriculum/units/1989/4-6k

A variety of Yale New Haven Teachers Institute teaching units on detective fiction. Excellent resource

http://www.thrillingdetective.com/fiction/guidelines.html

Great site to have students submit detective stories for publication.

http://www.unc.edu/~rdtowery/detective_novel.htm

A pathfinder on the evolution of the English detective novel.