Across the Curriculum with Detective Fiction for Young People and Adults

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 07.02.08

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Overview
  2. Rationale
  3. "Why a Duck?"
  4. Kindness Goes Unpunished
  5. Strategies
  6. Classroom Activities
  7. Notes
  8. Teacher Resources
  9. Student Resources
  10. Appendix A
  11. Appendix B
  12. Appendix C
  13. Appendix E

More Than Just Whodunit - Using a Mystery Story to Motivate Tenth-Grade Students to Read

William Sandy Lewis

Published September 2007

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Guide Entry to 07.02.08

This curriculum unit would be useful to high school teachers of English or social studies in the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grades. There are possibilities of examining the Cheyenne Indian culture, the Lenape Indians, many aspects of Philadelphia, including its neighborhoods, its historical institutions, its cultural and governmental institutions, as well as its wealth of public art in the form of its parks, fountains and sculptures all in the context of an enjoyable mystery story.

(Developed for English, grade 10; recommended for English and Social Studies, grades 10-12)

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