Living in the shadow of the historic Graceland Cemetery provides a unique opportunity to bring Chicago history to life!This activity introduces students to the mysterious local legend of Inez Clarke through the lens of place-based learning. As detectives, students dive into local myths, analyze the "facts" of the case, and use investigative evidence to name a suspect and justify their reasoning.Click on the embedded page to the right or click here to access the link to this activity.

This pre-reading lesson was designed to be paired with a short stories unit I use in my Self Contained 10th grade English Language Arts class. The lesson sets the stage for Richard Connell's short story The Most Dangerous Game by asking students to apply our unit’s essential question:  How do our experiences shape our response to a crisis? Throughout the lesson, students are asked to weigh the benefits and dangers of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and practice the analytical skills needed to evaluate the static and dynamic characters they will encounter in the text.This lesson ensures students are ready to find evidence of how personal experiences shape our response to a crisis especially when modern technology is involved. Click here or click on the embedded document to the right to view my lesson plan.