A History MysteryTheresa Coffey, Lorraine Massie, and Paula Stockwell

http://safeshare.tv/w/ZgSZHRmbJs

Ghost Ships

T-Chart

Literal and Interpretive Questions

T-Chart for Poems

Unsolved Mysteries from History

Mysteries are a great way to get reluctant students excited about reading, thinking, and writing. As students become involved in what they are reading, they use deductive reasoning and research skills to discover solutions to the mysteries. Students also work on improving their questioning and inferring skills as they toss about possible hypothesis. Learning to read critically and analyze information is fundamental.

Unlock the Mystery of Mary Celeste 

The book we chose for this activity is The Mary Celeste: An Unsolved Mystery From History by Jane Yolen and Heidi E.Y. Stemple. It is a true story of a clipper ship, named the Mary Celeste, which left New York harbor for London on November 15, 1872 and was found floating aimlessly near the Azores (islands near Portugal) a few weeks later. The crew was missing and was never found. Questions abound as to the fate of the people on board.

Directions and material list located on website.

http://getinthefold.blogspot.com/2010/08/unsolved-mysteries-from-history.html

Get in the Fold!Unsolved-Mysteries-From-History

Graphic Organizer

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Tagxedo – The Mary Celeste Vocabulary

Crossword – The Mary Celeste

Crossword – Modified – The Mary Celeste

Vocabulary Flash Cards The Mary Celeste

Vocabulary Flash CardsThe Mary Celeste

Interactive Read-Alouds: Grades 6–7 by Linda Hoyt and Lynnette Brent Sandvold

Drasch, D., & Pilver, R. (2010, August 10). Get in the Fold! Unsolved Mysteries from History. Retrieved October 7, 2014, from http://getinthefold.blogspot.com/2010/08/unsolved-mysteries-from-history.html

Hoyt, L., & Brent Sandvold, L. (2007). Interactive Read-Alouds: Grades 6-7. Portsmouth, NH: First Hand Heinemann.

Make Crossword Puzzles with Super Crossword Creator - Super Crossword Creator. (n.d.). Retrieved October 27, 2014, from http://supercrosswordcreator.com/

T-Chart. (n.d.). Retrieved October 27, 2014, from http://www.worksheetworks.com/miscellanea/graphic-organizers/tchart.html

Tagxedo - Word Cloud with Styles. (n.d.). Retrieved October 27, 2014, from http://www.tagxedo.com/

Top 5 Ghost Ship Sightings. (2013, October 7). Retrieved October 27, 2014, from http://safeshare.tv/w/ZgSZHRmbJs

Yolen, J., & Stemple, H. (1999). The Mary Celeste: An unsolved mystery from history. New York: Simon & Schuster for Young Readers.