Day 4

The Sign of the Four Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    Holmes' London, Part 2

    Kind of Activity:

    Research

    Objective:

    Conduct an in-depth research project on a historical aspect of the novel.

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2

    Structure:

    Students should pick one aspect of the text about which to execute a research project. There are plenty of plot points in The Sign of the Four that revolve around current events/politics of the time at which the story was written. These would have common knowledge to Conan Doyle’s readers, but to us, they can be a bit obtuse—in particular, many students may not have a frame of reference through which to understand the plot about India.

    Though...

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