Mysteries in History - World History

by Conklin, Wendy

• ISBN13: 9781420630480
• ISBN10: 1420630482
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-12-30
• Publisher: Partners Pub Group

Table of Contents

Introduction	3	(1)
Mystery #1: The Knights Templars and Their Treasure	4	(16)
Teacher Lesson Plan
Attention Grabber
Background Information
Graphic Organizer
T-Chart
The Stone
More Treasure Information
Time Line of Events
Tabloid News!
Mystery #2: Did Marco Polo Really Travel to China?	20	(16)
Teacher Lesson Plan
Attention Grabber
Graphic Organizer
Background Information
The Prosecution's Case
Polo's Voyage Map
The Defense's Case
Jury Vote
Newspaper Headlines
Mystery #3: The Fingerprints of Shakespeare	36	(15)
Teacher Lesson Plan
Attention Grabber
Who Was Shakespeare?
Graphic Organizer
Background Information
Planning a Campaign
My Vote
Mystery #4: Who Was the Man in the Iron Mask?	51	(18)
Teacher Lesson Plan
Attention Grabber
Background Information
Graphic Organizer
The Writers Have Something to Say
Death Certificate
Problems in the Family
The Mask
Suspects According to Historians
The Guard Gives His Report
Roster of Prisoners at Pinerolo in 1669
Finally, A Confession
Mystery #5: Could Mozart Have Been Murdered?	69	(13)
Teacher Lesson Plan
Attention Grabber
Background Information
Graphic Organizer
Suspects Back Then
Skit Ideas
Mozart's Symptoms
The Death Certificate
Mystery #6: Beethoven's Love Letters	82	(20)
Teacher Lesson Plan
Attention Grabber
Graphic Organizer
Background Information
Clues in the Letter
The Candidates
The Portrait
Extra Thoughts on the Candidates
Beethoven's Itinerary
Signed, the Immortal Beloved
Mystery #7: The Mystery of the Mary Celeste	102	(14)
Teacher Lesson Plan
Attention Grabber
Ghost Ship Simulation
Graphic Organizer
Background Information
Mary Celeste Route
Pirate and Mutiny Theories
Explosion and Weather Theories
Briggs and Dei Gratia Conspiracy Theories
A New Stamp for Mary Celeste
Mystery #8: The Sinking of the Lusitania	116	(14)
Teacher Lesson Plan
Attention Grabber
Graphic Organizer
German Warning
Lusitania Simulation
Background Information
Lusitania Course Map
The British Planned the Sinking of the Lusitania
Debunking the Conspiracy Theory!
Mystery #9: The Missing Bones of Peking Man	130	(14)
Teacher Lesson Plan
Attention Grabber
Graphic Organizer
Background Information
Peking Man Map
The William Foley Account
The Marines' Account
The Japanese Took the Bones
Advertising for the Bones
Planning an Expedition
Bibliography	144