Classroom Murder Mystery Activity - Virtual Option Available
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Engage your students in murder mystery games in the classroom throughout the year with this bundle of my best-selling mysteries!There are many opportunities throughout the year to use these mysteries: Before, during, or after a mystery unitAs a class rewardAs an icebreaker at the beginning of the yePrice $27.20Original Price $42.50Save $15.30
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Engage your students in a murder mystery game in the classroom or virtually!
I use this lesson before starting my mystery unit and the students love it. They enjoy taking on the roles of the characters, and they enjoy the competition and challenge of trying to find the assailant.
*I say assailant because I changed my version up slightly so the victim is in a coma rather than deceased*
**New!!! I've included a virtual option for both versions of this mystery. Perfect for distance learning. This means I've included links for character cards, directions, and maps to be sent to students and explained how to facilitate discussion using Zoom or other virtual settings.
This product includes:
-An introduction sheet with the background of the incident: a student was pushed down the stairs. She was able to list off names of who it could have been before being rushed off to the hospital. All of the suspects (your students) are rounded up in the library and awaiting the police for interrogation. The suspects start their own investigations while they are waiting.
-17 character cards that detail how the person knows the victim, where they were during the incident, and any other pertinent information (including lots of red herrings). This activity works well with class sizes of 12-34. Any class over 17 can double up two students to one character. There are also five characters who can be removed from the set and the story will still make sense.
Idea from a customer on how to use this with smaller classes or teaching virtually: "For those with smaller classes, I did this with a class of 9 students. I tried to assign what I felt were the most important players to the students in my class, and then I used Flipgrid to record interviews with the other personas. I pasted QR codes from Flipgrid around the room so students could hear from the others involved."
-A copy of the school map so students can keep track of who was where when the incident occurred.
-A notes sheet to detail the different characters, motives, and alibis. I included an answer key for this portion as well.
-An assessment sheet. Students must detail a few characters who are innocent, a red herring, and of course who the assailant is. For each they need to explain what clues support their answer.
*New!!! Now includes two versions of the same mystery. Each version has a different assailant with different motives and clues while using the same setting and introduction.
An engaging way to focus on inferences, characterization, and motive!
This is the first murder mystery product from my store. I've received numerous requests for more, so here's the latest: Classroom Murder Mystery Activity II. It focuses on a senior who recently moved into the area and was attacked on a school field trip. New characters, motives, and setting (with map)!
I also have a middle school version, Middle School Classroom Mystery, where someone's art project was vandalized and students work to figure out who did it.
