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A Mastery of Mysteries for Middle School with Kevin O'Brien
Recorded course taught by Kevin O'Brien for Middle School Survey Literature
Summary

Become a “mystery master” as we read together some of the greatest mysteries of all time, including Edgar Allan Poe, Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown, Nancy Drew, Agatha Christie, and more! For middle school students.

Instructor: Kevin O’Brien

Course description: In this course, students will strive to become “mystery masters”!  We will read some of the greatest mystery stories of all time, including tales of detectives such as Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown, Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys and others.  Plus, mini-mysteries will be read and solved in several class sessions.

Total classes

9

Duration

45 minutes

Prerequisites

None

Suggested grade level

6th to 8th grade

Suggested credit

1 semester Literature or English

Outline

Course outline:

  1. Introduction and Mini-Mysteries

  2. Edgar Allan Poe

  3. Sherlock Holmes

  4. Father Brown

  5. Literary Criticism and Murder Mysteries

  6. The Hard Boiled Detective

  7. Nancy Drew

  8. Agatha Christie

  9. Student Mystery Highlights

Materials

  • Public domain mysteries will be provided FREE by the instructor as PDF files.

Homework

Auto-graded quizzes plus a Final Exam. Plan on about two or three hours of homework, mostly reading, per week. An answer key booklet is not included with this course.

Course name
A Mastery of Mysteries for Middle School with Kevin O'Brien
Instructor
Kevin O'Brien
Semester
Recorded
Category
Literature ➤ Survey Literature
Grade levels
Middle School
Start time
November 24th, 2021 at 12:00 AM ET
Course type
Recorded, free with subscription
Relative due dates
Relative due dates are disabled for this course.
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About Kevin O’Brien

Although an atheist at an early age, Kevin O’Brien’s experiences with the dramatic arts began a conversion process that, with the help of the writings of G. K. Chesterton, eventually brought him into the Catholic Church.

© 2021 Homeschool Connections; Kevin O'Brien. All Rights Reserved.

  • This material is only to be used for its intended purpose by active subscribers of Homeschool Connections or purchasers of the course. Any other use without explicit permission is in violation of the seventh commandment, and in violation of US and International copyright laws.
  • You may print or download to your own storage extracts for your personal homeschool and non-commercial use only. This is not to be used for homeschool co-ops without express written permission from Homeschool Connections.
  • Upon completion of the course, you must delete all copies of course materials from any storage on which you saved permissible extracts.

Violation of the above copyright policies may result in expulsion without any refund and/or legal action.