Across the Curriculum with Detective Fiction for Young People and Adults

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 07.02.04

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Rationale
  2. Overview
  3. The Carrots
  4. Conventions of the Genre
  5. Mystery Morphology
  6. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  7. Holmes' Stories - Deduction, Induction, and Truth
  8. Appendix A -Vocabulary Word Wall
  9. Appendix B- Content and Performance Goals and Standards
  10. Detective Reference Page
  11. Websites
  12. Student Resources

D. I. E.

Mary Lou L. Narowski

Published September 2007

Tools for this Unit:

Student Resources

Sobol, Donald J. Two Minuet Mysteries. New York: Scholastic Inc.1967

Excellent source for short, (one-two page stories) to help students with crime scene plots.

Sukach, Jim. Crime Scene Whodunits. New York:Sterling Publishing Co. 2003.

Excellent source for less proficient readers who want to read quick mysteries.

http://www.acmedirectory.com/

Acme mystery and detective fiction portal. Excellent site for magazines, games, novels, authors, shopping, TV stories, all dealing with mystery and detective fiction.

http://www.citationmachine.net/ -

Site to help students complete reference pages

http://www.easybib.com/ -

Site to help students complete reference pages

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

Great link to copies of Sherlock Holmes stories

http://science.howstuffworks.com/csi2.htm

Kids site for discovery of the CSI techniques. Clear and understandable.

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

Great site to have students submit detective stories for publication.

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