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A Lesson Plan on the Crime and Puzzlement Case “Buck Shot”

As I’ve previously mentioned, the Crime and Puzzlement material I post on this site quickly became, and remains, among the most popular and therefore heavily downloaded items here. So, here is a lesson plan on the Crime and Puzzlement case “Buck Shot.”

This Cultural Literacy worksheet on the idiom “Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining” opens the lesson as a do-now exercise to get students settled, engaged, and thinking after a class change. You’ll need the PDF of the illustration and questions in order to conduct the investigation; to solve it, here is the typescript of the answer key.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

A Lesson Plan on the Crime and Puzzlement Case “Missy Takes a Walk”

Let’s start out today with this lesson plan on the Crime and Puzzlement case “Missy Takes a Walk.”

I open this lesson with this Cultural Literacy worksheet on the concept of “The Ugly American” which is common enough locution in English, and worth knowing if students are planning to travel abroad. This PDF of the illustration and questions that drive this investigation. And here, finally, is the typescript of the answers to the investigative questions of this case.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

A Lesson Plan on the Crime and Puzzlement Case: “A Comedy of Errors”

Here is yet Crime and Puzzlement lesson plan, this one on “A Comedy of Errors.” I open this lesson, in order to get students settled after a class transition, with this Cultural Literacy worksheet on the expression “Touch and Go.” Here is the scan of the illustrations and questions needed to conduct the investigation–and here is the typescript of the answer key.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

A Lesson Plan on the Crime and Puzzlement Case “Casey at the Plate”

Here is a lesson plan on the Crime and Puzzlement case “Casey at the Plate.”

I open this investigation with this Cultural Literacy worksheet on the concept of a “significant other” as a do-now exercise. Here is a scan of the illustrations and questions that drive the case; finally, here is the typescript of the answer key.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

A Lesson Plan on the Crime and Puzzlement Case “Of Ghouls and Goblins”

Moving right along this morning, here is a lesson plan on the Crime and Puzzlement case “Of Ghouls and Goblins.”

I open this lesson with this Cultural Literacy worksheet on the concept of the role model. Finally, to execute this lesson, you’ll need the PDF of the illustration and questions and the typescript of the answer key.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

A Lesson Plan on the Crime and Puzzlement Case “In All That Rain”

Here is a lesson plan on the Crime and Puzzlement case “In All That Rain.”

I use this Cultural Literacy worksheet on the noun phrase and idiom “Rank and File” to open this lesson. Here is a scan of the illustration and questions that is the work of this lesson, as well as a typescript of the answer key.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

A Lesson Plan on War, Revolution, and Peace

Here is a lesson plan on war, revolution, and peace as causes of history. I open this lesson with this context clues worksheet on the noun agriculture. This is a discussion, brainstorming, and writing lesson, so here is a structured brainstorming and note-taking blank to use in the execution of this lesson.

And yes, for those in the know, I did crib the title of this lesson from the Hampshire College course (taught by Michael Klare when I took it in the fall of 1991) of the same name, part of the Peace and Conflict Studies Program at that fine institution.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

A Lesson Plan on the Crime and Puzzlement Case “A Matter of Delicacy”

OK, pushing forward to blog post 3,000, here is a lesson plan on the Crime and Puzzlement case “A Matter of Delicacy.”

I open this lesson, to get young minds focused and working, with this Cultural Literacy worksheet on Langston Hughes. This scan of the illustration and questions of and for the case drives the lesson. Finally, here is the typescript of the answer key to solve the case.

Incidentally, I am just about to post a trove of supporting materials for the Crime and Puzzlement units over on the About Posts and Texts page, the link to which is just below the banner of this website.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

A Twelfth Research Worksheet on Famous Photographers: Gordon Parks

Yesterday I posted eleven short research worksheets on famous photographers which I wrote for some students interested in the art of photography. Here is a twelfth, this one on the great Gordon Parks.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

A Lesson Plan on Politics and Leaders as Causes of History

OK, as I wait for the last backup of the day to run itself to completion, here is a lesson plan on politics and leaders as a cause of history. I open this lesson with this context clues worksheet on the noun civilization. This worksheet and note-taking blank demonstrates, I think, the extent to which I use this and other of my “Causes of History” (apologies to the ILS professors at Amherst College) as brainstorming activities, driven by Socratic questioning and activated by taking notes.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.