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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.
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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.
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Schools of California Online Resources for Education

Literature Unit: The House of Dies Drear

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
"The House of Dies Drear," is a powerful novel by Virginia Hamilton.
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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)
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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...
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Curated OER

The Museum of Un Natural Mystery: The Curse of the Mummy

For Students 3rd - 8th
Many stories surround the search and discovery of King Tut?s tomb. There were numerous deaths of people involved in the discovery, and many believed there to be a curse carved onto King Tut?s tomb. (Other writers refute this.) These are...
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Curated OER

The Museum of Un Natural Mystery: The Curse of the Mummy

For Students 3rd - 8th
Many stories surround the search and discovery of King Tut?s tomb. There were numerous deaths of people involved in the discovery, and many believed there to be a curse carved onto King Tut?s tomb. (Other writers refute this.) These are...
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Curated OER

The Museum of Un Natural Mystery: The Curse of the Mummy

For Students 3rd - 8th
Many stories surround the search and discovery of King Tut?s tomb. There were numerous deaths of people involved in the discovery, and many believed there to be a curse carved onto King Tut?s tomb. (Other writers refute this.) These are...
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Northern Illinois University

Myths From Different Regions of the Philippines

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Where did the first monkey come from? Why is the sky so high? Learn how cultures from the Philippines explain these and other world mysteries. The "Origin of Rice" story is in both English and Tagalog.

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