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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Filmography

A Gathering of Old Men. DVD. Dir. Volker Schl"ndorff, Wr. Ernest Gaines and Charles Fuller. Bioskop Film, 1987. A made for television movie, its adaptation goes along with the written story rather well.

Cotton Comes to Harlem. DVD. Dir. Ozzie Davis, Wr. Chester Himes. Formosa Productions, Inc., 1970. This is a wonderful film adaptation of the original story. This is very funny and veteran teachers will enjoy watching the line of great actors and actresses directed by the late Ozzie Davis.

Devil in a Blue Dress. DVD. Dir. Carl Franklin. Writer Walter Mosley and Carl Franklin. Clinica Estetico. 1995. This is an enjoyable film that includes Denzel Washington in the role of Easy Rawlins and Don Cheadle as "Mouse." It is an involved film adaptation of the written work.

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