Mystery Story Writing Assignment

Mystery Story Research Template

I. Name of the country you have chosen to research:

II. GEOGRAPHY :

In the space immediately following each statement insert any information that you find that you think will be useful to you. Repeat this procedure in all of the remaining sections.

· Describe where your city is located. Name its country, state or province and or region in which it is found.

Example: Edmonton is located in the province of Alberta in the country of Canada. It is found in the western region of Canada.
· Describe the physical features present in and around the city. Example: oceans, mountains, deserts, rivers, lakes, etc.

· Include a map of your city's country.

· Include a map of the city. Try to obtain street names and addresses. You may even find accurate phone numbers which could be included in your mystery story.

· Describe some natural resources that are present in the surrounding region. Natural resources include such things as forests, minerals, oil, wateretc.


III. CLIMATE:

· Describe the climate of the city. You may wish to include a table, graph or chart to describe a weather feature of the city. This could give information about rain, snow, temperature, amount of sunshine, storms, etc.

IV. PEOPLE:

· What is the population of your city?

· What languages are spoken?

· What forms of entertainment are available in the city. Example: sports, theater, art, music, etc.
· What are the main industries in the city? (Explain where most of the people would work)

· What are some of the everyday names of people who live in the area?

· You may wish to add the names of some “real” businesses located in the city. You can add these addresses and names here.

V. HISTORY:

· Describe at least one historical event that has taken place at or near the city you have selected. This could be included in your story as you describe the setting to the reader.

VI. OTHER INTERESTING FACTS:

· In this section add your own interesting discoveries about the city ;you have selected. You may wish to include pictures etc.

Mystery Story Writing Template
Student:
1. Description of the Setting:

2. List the people, places or items included in your mystery story which were discovered on the Internet:

3. The Crime:

4. The Victims:

5. The Suspects:

6. The Detective (include a description of the personality and characteristics of your story’s detective):

7. Possible Suspects, their motive, and red herrings (clues which lead the detective to think that someone else committed the crime other that the actual guilty person). Do not include the villain among the suspects in this section:

Suspect
Motive
Red Herrings

8. The Villain(s)
Villain
Motive
Clues

9. Alibi of all the suspects including the villain:

Suspect /Villain
Alibi

10. List the main events in the story:

11. Explain how the events in your story are plausible.

12. Describe how the detective is able to solve the case.

chromatography

Investigate this link,
http://www.rpi.edu/dept/chem-eng/Biotech-Environ/CHROMO/chromintro.html

Graphology
http://www.handwritingpro.com/

Solve this Crime

Go to this website, select interactive investigator, and solve the crime. Click on the Help button to explain how you can earn up to 12 points. Do not share your answers with anyone. Each person must study the crime scene on their own.

http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Myst/

When completed you may go to the following site:
http://www.fbi.gov/kids/6th12th/6th12th.htm

Have fun!

Crime Scene

Go to the following website and solve some crimes.

http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/explore/crimescene.htm

City of Edmonton Research

Go to the following sites to start and collect information that could be useful to help in the creation of a mystery story:

https://archivesphotos.edmonton.ca/Presto/home/Default.aspx

http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/edmonton_archives/city-of-edmonton-archives.aspx

http://www.edmontonhistory.ca/

In the second site, look at records and the photos etc.

Save your information to a word document for future use.

Selected Web Sites
http://www.epl.ca/edmontonportal/

Alberta Folklore and Local History Collection An archival collection the history, tall tales, humour and stories of Alberta.
Alberta Heritage Digitization Project Read old newspapers and local histories online. Includes lots of information about Edmonton.
Alberta Historic Main Streets Twenty-three communities have reclaimed their architectural legacies and invite visitors.
Alberta History "Here you’ll find stories about Albertans who have helped to shape our province's history."
Alberta Source Collection of historical, heritage sites. Good starting place for Alberta history from the Heritage Community Foundation.
Alberta's Political History
Alberta: How the west was young A dynamic new platform to help make Alberta's history come alive for everyone! Explore aspects of Alberta’s early history through images, text and CKUA Radio Network’s Heritage Trails.
Archives Network of Alberta Database Search for over 6000 descriptions of archival records held in Alberta's archives.
Atlas of Alberta Railways
Canadian West From the National Archives of Canada.
Edmonton & District Historical Society Organizes Historic Edmonton Week (July 23 to 31, 2005)and Doors Open Edmonton, plus active role in many Alberta historical celebrations.
Edmonton Archives - 25,000 photos online Take a look at wide range of historical photos about Edmonton from the City's Archives.
Edmonton: A City at War "An interactive education resource that invites viewers to live the lives of its characters during ...the Second World War..."
Edmonton: A Living History
Edmonton: Our Heritage Lawrence Herzog is a local historian who took over the ‘Old Edmonton Buildings’ column Alex Mair used to have in Real Estate Weekly. They’ve now made Herzog’s column available on line, and it’s a wonderful collection of articles specific to Edmonton architectural history.
Famous Five Learn more about Emily Murphy, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Louise McKinney, Irene Parlby, and Nellie McClung. See Phase 6.
Henderson's Edmonton City Directories (1908-1953) Digitized version of the print directories.
Heritage Resources Management Information System "The Heritage Resources Management Information System (HeRMIS) provides a central gateway for virtual visitation of Alberta's heritage and cultural collections." It provides a "view of Alberta's historic resource information".
Historical Society of Alberta
Homes on the Prairie Covers early settlement on the prairies of North America, produced by PBS.
Lawrence Herzog's History of Edmonton Articles This page provides an index and subject based approach to these valuable series of articles.
Lois Hole Digital Library Publicly available resources from the newly launched Lois Hole Digital Library.
Northlands Park - Memories Worth Keeping Photos and text cover the history of Edmonton's Northlands Park area.
Peel's Prairie Provinces From the University of Alberta, a collection of text and images from western Canada. Note under "Featured Collections" are digitized versions of some Prairie City Directories (Henderson's) up until 1953. These include Edmonton and Calgary.
Tony Cashman's Edmonton Stories Listen to 73 CJCA radio broadcasts from the 1950s and early 1960s.

Remembrance Day

http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/youth/