Across the Curriculum with Detective Fiction for Young People and Adults

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 07.02.06

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Objectives
  4. Strategies
  5. The Detective Fiction Genre
  6. Three African-American Authors
  7. Aspects of Identity
  8. Historical Implications
  9. Lesson Plan 1 - Whodunit?
  10. Lesson Plan 2 - Serialized Secrets
  11. Lesson Plan 3 - Adaptation of the Detective Tale
  12. Student Resources
  13. Teacher Resources
  14. Filmography
  15. Notes
  16. Appendix

Crime Fiction Investigation: "Socially Correct or Not, Let Me Tell You Who Did It"

Bonnee L. Breese Bentum

Published September 2007

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Student Resources

Ferguson, Dwayne J. Kid Caramel: Private Investigator - Case of the Missing Ankh. New Jersey: Just Us Books, Inc., 1997. The first of four books in a series about an African-American child detective.

—. Kid Caramel: Private Investigator - The Werewolf of PS 40. New Jersey: Just Us Books, Inc., 1998. The second story of the African-American children's literature series.

—. Kid Caramel: Private Investigator - Mess at Loch Ness. New Jersey: Just Us Books, Inc., 2003. The third story of the African-American children's literature series.

—. Kid Caramel: Private Investigator - Ghost Ranch-The Legend of Mad Jake. New Jersey: Just Us Books, Inc., 2004. The fourth story of the African-American children's literature series.

Gaines, Ernest, J. "Robert Louis Stevenson Banks, aka Chimley." African-American Literature: Voices in a Tradition. Austin: Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1988, 513 516. A great short story that leads to the film of the entire story "A Gathering of Old Men."

Himes, Chester B. A Rage in Harlem/For Love of Imabelle. New York: Vintage Books, 1957. This is the first story in the Coffin Ed and Digger Jones detective novel series.

—. All Shot Up. Chatham, New Jersey: The Chatham Bookseller, 1960. This is the fifth book in the Coffin Ed and Digger Jones series.

—. Cotton Comes to Harlem. New York: Buccaneer Books, 1965. This is the seventh book in the Coffin Ed and Digger Jones series.

Mosley, Walter. Devil in a Blue Dress. New York: Norton, 1990. This is the first book in the Easy Rawlins detective novel series.

—. Black Betty. New York: W.W. Norton, 1994. This is the fourth book in the Easy Rawlins detective novels in the series.

—. White Butterfly. New York: Norton, 1992. This is the third book in the Easy Rawlins detective series.

Neely, Barbara. Blanche on the Lam. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. This is the first of the Blanche White detective novel series.

—. Blanche Among the Talented Tenth. This is the fourth story in the Blanche White detective series.

—. Blanche Cleans Up. New York: Viking, 1998. This is the third story in the Blanche White detective novel series.

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