I'm a Teacher...
I enjoy my students, but I’m bogged down
with lesson plans and paperwork and I have to document and measure
the results of everything I do in the classroom. I’d like to
try something unique and fun, but I just don’t have the
time to start something from scratch. Sherlock Holmes sounds
interesting, but I’m not sure where mystery stories fit
into my program for the year.
What Sherlockian resources are available for teaching?
Our website offers ideas for teaching students of all ages.
- Here are lesson plans for:
- 9 stories and 2 novels with quizzes
- The Speckled Band for 7th graders
- The Hound of the Baskervilles for
- We have ideas for writing contests:
- Middle School
- 7th graders: essays based on The Speckled Band
- 8th graders: projects based on The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Middle Schoolers: an original mystery story (not necessarily Sherlock Holmes)
- We Also Suggest... links to other teaching resources on the Internet.
- When you’re looking for a new way to look at English literature, history, forensic science, or just plain good reading, think of Sherlock Holmes.
- Teaching your students figures of speech? Beacon Society member Karen Murdock has marked the figures of speech in Silver Blaze.
- Would your students enjoy listening to Sherlock Holmes stories? There are audio versions of many Arthur Conan Doyle stories.
- Podcasts of the twelve stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes are free! Download them to an iPod.
- The entire TV series with Jeremy Brett as Holmes is a favorite (although the Granada stories are not exactly like the originals).
- Start with the nearest Sherlockian scion society.
- The worldwide Holmesian photo gallery operated by the Sherlock Holmes Society of France is cross-indexed by person and society.
| FIGURES of SPEECH in SILVER BLAZE |
Download document (PDF / 608 KBytes / 21 pages) |
| FIGURES of SPEECH in A SCANDAL in BOHEMIA |
Download document (PDF / 606 KBytes / 34 pages) |
We’ll help you find a Sherlock Holmes expert (perhaps a Holmes impersonator!) who knows a lot about the Victorian era, detective work, and other fascinating subjects.
Where can I find a Sherlockian to help me?
There are Sherlock Holmes societies almost everywhere, but if there’s not one near you, our website will help you locate someone with the expertise you need.