Solve the Chuck Wagon Mystery - Westward Expansion Reading Comprehension & C.S.I
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Looking for an engaging way to explore westward expansion?
Uncover the mystery of the Chuck Wagon Challenge with GATER Educator!
Students will love completing logic puzzles, deducting and inferring as they follow the Crime Scene Protocol and unlock this Wild West mystery with reading comprehension and C.S.I
The Chuck Wagon Challenge is a fictitious investigation, but the characters are notorious legends from the Wild West. The victim is Charles Goodnight, inventor of the chuck wagon and also known as Chuck Wagon Charlie. After an evening of hosting some of the Wild West’s most notorious legends, Charlie wakes to find that someone has forced open his newly designed chuck wagon safe and stolen all the cash, memorabilia, and valuables inside.
The perpetrator of the crime is Buffalo Bill, a Wild West legend who toured the country entertaining folks while making jewelry and selling it on the side.
The students in your class will be asked to use investigative clues, deductive logic, and inference in order to solve the crime. Hee Haw and Have Fun!
This C.S.I. Resource Includes:
- Teacher Notes | Answer Keys
- The Coffee Investigation Instructions: Easy Prep. You only need 2 types of coffee and plastic bags. Magnifying glasses are optional.
- Cover Page for Student File
- Crime Scene Protocol
- Process the Evidence, Understand the Motive
- Background Information | Chuck Wagon History
- What Happened? The Chuck Wagon Challenge Details
- The Chuck Wagon Challenge Note-Taking Page
- Suspect Statements
- Logic Grid Practice
- Evidence | Logic Grid about Jobs and Tools
- Evidence | The Coffee Investigation | Student Observation Page
- Evidence | A Cowboy Code Puzzle
• Bonus: You Be the Judge and Find Yer Cowhand's Name
1 1/2 hours of fun and investigation!
Grades 4-6
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