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Teachers: This Unit contains activities to do in a traditional classroom format and a more contemporary online format.  The Teacher Links will include links to help you teach the classroom lessons. 

Classroom Connection Day#1: What is a Mystery? Mystery timeline? What are the elements of a mystery?  What are some of the words you hear in every mystery?

Mysterynet
Everybody Love a Mystery: A Genre Study
What's In A Mystery? Exploring and Identifying Mystery Elements
Elements of a Mystery
Mystery Vocabulary

Mystery Timeline


Literature Connection Day #2-3:
Exploring Edgar Allan Poe

National Parks Service: Teacher's Handbook Edgar Allan Poe
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe:Poetry and Prose


Literature Connection Day#4:
221 Baker Street
The Game Is Afoot-Sherlock Holmes Curriculum
It's A Mystery to Me Curriculum
Whodunnit? A unit on mysteries and forensic science for elementary gifted students

The Hound of the Baskervilles


Literature Connection Day #5:

The Mysteries of Harris Burdick Teacher Guide

The Illustrations of Harris Burdick
Interview with Chris Van Allsburg
Questions about Harris Burdick Illustrations

Harris Burdick Powerpoint
Stapleless Book


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Mini-Mysteries

Two Minute Mysteries

How to Write a Mini-Mystery


The Shadow http://www.mysterynet.com/shadow/ 
 


Other Links

Expository Escapade—Detective’s Handbook
Unsolved Mysteries Webquest

Mystery Books for Children

 

 


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