Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: "The Mysterious Affair at Styles"

For Students 9th - 10th
The unabridged text of Agatha Christie's first novel. A no-expense way to read the book that started the career of one of world's best known mystery writers.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Gold of the Gods by Arthur B. Reeve

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the novel The Gold of the Gods by Arthur B. Reeve, a mystery involving an ancient Peruvian dagger, poisoned cigars, a beautiful heiress, a journalist/investigator, professors and doctors and a host of other...
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

For Students 9th - 10th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. First published in 1902, one work is The Hound of the Baskervilles, part of the Sherlock Holmes series. This mystery was written by Arthur Conan Doyle.
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Southern Renaissance: Flannery O'connor

For Students 9th - 10th
Flannery O'Connor is featured in this biography for her contributions to literature through many short stories, in most of which she created rural southern characters. See "Flannery O'Connor Activities" for related materials.
Activity
Other

Literary Gothic: Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

For Students 9th - 10th
This page offers a brief discussion of the supernatural, gothic elements of some of Freeman's (1852-1930 CE) work, along with links to other Freeman pages and stories, some with illustrations. A plus is the pre-written MLA style citation...
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Death at the Excelsior by p.g. Wodehouse

For Students 9th - 10th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. First published in 1914, one short story is Death at the Excelsior. This work was the written by the British author, P.G. Wodehouse.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: A Secret Note

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This fiction piece shares the story of a camper who receives a mysterious note. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The House of the Whispering Pines by Anna Katharine Green

For Students 9th - 10th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. First published in 1910, one work is The House of the Whispering Pines. This mystery was written by Anna Katharine Green.
Article
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Sam Sheppard Trials (1954 & '66)

For Students 9th - 10th
On July 4, 1954, Marilyn Sheppard, the wife of a handsome thirty-year-old doctor, Sam Sheppard, was brutally murdered in the bedroom of their home in Bay Village, Ohio, on the shore of Lake Erie. Sam Sheppard denied any involvement in...
Lesson Plan
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Lois Duncan

For Teachers 6th - 8th
What do you know about the life and work of Lois Duncan? This site features links to several of her books that contain lesson plans, teaching guides and more.
Lesson Plan
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Tim O'brien Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For teaching the work of Tim O'Brien, this site features lesson plans, overviews, notes, and other resources to help students reading The Things They Carried, Ambush, Going After Cacciato, If I Die in a Combat Zone, and so on.
Article
Rutgers University

Rutgers University: Plausibility of Denial: Tim O'brien, My Lai, and America

For Students 9th - 10th
The Progressive magazine article is reprinted here. It is an excellent examination of the Vietnam War in literature. (Published: December 1994)
Handout
Encyclopedia Mythica

Encyclopedia Mythica: Greek Mythology

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopedia Mythica offers a comprehensive resource on Greek mythology. Content includes a look at the principal gods, Zeus's consorts and offspring, the descendants of Prometheus, and much, much more. Click on "browse articles" for a...
eBook
World Wide School

World Wide School: Etext of "The Disappearance of Lady "

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the complete etext for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's story, "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax."
eBook
World Wide School

World Wide School: Etext of "The Innocence of Father"

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the complete etext for G. K. Chesterton's story, "The Innocence of Father Brown."
eBook
World Wide School

World Wide School: Etext "The Mysterious Affair At"

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the complete etext for Agatha Christie's story, "The Mysterious Affair At Styles."
eBook
World Wide School

World Wide School: Etext "The Secret Adversary"

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the complete etext for Agatha Christie's story, "The Secret Adversary."
eBook
World Wide School

World Wide School: Etext "The Trees of Pride"

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the complete etext for G. K. Chesterton's story, "The Trees of Pride."
Website
IMDb

Internet Movie Database: Frederic Brown

For Students 9th - 10th
The Online Movie Database IMDb.com provides a brief biography of Brown and links to descriptions of movies based on his stories.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Harmony by Ring Lardner

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of the short story "Harmony" by Ring Lardner that is both a baseball story and a mystery.
Unit Plan
Shmoop University

Shmoop: The Black Cat

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains interesting information about the mystery writer Edgar Allan Poe. In addition, the short story, The Black Cat, is analysed in terms of characters and themes
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: A Carnival Jangle by Alice Dunbar

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the short story "A Carnival Jangle" by Alice Dunbar which is filled with carnival excitement and mysteries.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Cobweb by h.h. Munro

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the mysterious short story "The Cobweb" by H.H. Munro, otherwise known as Saki.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: When a Man Marries by Mary Roberts Rinehart

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the humorous novel "When a Man Marries" by mystery writer Mary Roberts Rinehart.

Other popular searches