The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Lesson Plan

Getting to Know the World of Sherlock Holmes

Kind of Activity:

Research

Objective:

Students will explore different aspects of the setting of the Sherlock Holmes stories and the circumstances in which they were written.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.7

Structure:

To begin the activity, explain to students that because of how Sherlock Holmes has been preserved, shifted, and disseminated over the years, it is important in reading the original stories to have some idea of the context in which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was writing. It is also important to understand the setting of the original stories. In this activity, students will...