Prepare and conduct trial. Update web site. Keep a literature response journal. After a brief introduction, the students observe and list the clues they find as a class. The crime scene is then divided into eight sections, with a team of students assigned to each.
Students use drawings to record what their section looks like before anything is touched or removed.
This map is used as a reference throughout the rest of the Murder Mystery activities. The mystery unit is scheduled to start during the second week of September and last for approximately six weeks. All teachers in the core classes, language arts, math, reading, science, and social studies, will be involved at various levels and at various times. The principal will be the victim. Listed below are the implementation plans for each curricular area.