Ch 37: Sherlock Holmes Teacher Resources
About This Chapter
Sherlock Holmes Teacher Resources - Chapter Summary
If you're a teacher who needs to plan a Sherlock Holmes curriculum, take a look at this chapter to make your lesson planning experience easy and convenient. You'll be able to generate ideas for fun and informative Sherlock Holmes lessons.
The chapter also includes quizzes that you can assign your students, as well as discussion questions about classic Sherlock Holmes stories, such as 'The Five Orange Pips,' 'The Man With the Twisted Lip' and 'The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle.' You can use any computer or mobile device to access these teacher resources.
How It Helps
- Engages students: Incorporates thought-provoking discussion questions and supplemental lessons to engage your students
- Helps plan effective lessons: Makes sure your lessons cover the most important literary elements of Sherlock Holmes stories
- Evaluates student comprehension: Includes assignable quizzes and activities to help you asses your students' understanding of various stories about Sherlock Holmes
How It Works
This helpful resource offers teachers lesson plan resources with relevant tools to make planning Sherlock Holmes lessons easy.
- Use lesson plan outlines for specific Sherlock Holmes topics you want to cover in class.
- Formulate your Sherlock Holmes class outline using the suggested classroom tools offered in the lesson plans.
- Share the related Sherlock Holmes lessons with students in class to make learning fun and engaging.
- Use related lesson quizzes to ensure your students understand the most important Sherlock Holmes concepts from the lessons.
- Engage your students with relevant Sherlock Holmes-related activities, discussion questions or other materials found in the lesson plan outline.

1. Sherlock Holmes Lesson Plan
Teach your students about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's infamous character Sherlock Holmes with this video-based lesson plan. Students watch an educational video detailing characters and stories, ask and answer questions about plot, then apply concepts to an activity.

2. The Five Orange Pips Discussion Questions
Sherlock Holmes tackles another baffling mystery in '~'The Five Orange Pips.'~' While students will find the case as baffling as the detective, these discussion questions can help guide their reading as they explore the mind of Sherlock Holmes.

3. The Man With the Twisted Lip Discussion Questions
~'The Man with the Twisted Lip~' takes Sherlock Holmes into the dangerous world of London's opium dens. These discussion questions will help guide students through reading the story, allowing them to keep up with the great detective as he solves another mystery.

4. Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle Discussion Questions
The great detective Sherlock Holmes tackles a simple problem: find the owner of a lost hat and Christmas goose. Soon he is embroiled in a notorious jewel theft. Read on to find discussion questions that will help students dissect '~'The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle.'~'
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Other Chapters
Other chapters within the Sherlock Holmes Short Stories Study Guide course
- Sherlock Holmes Literary & Historical Context
- A Scandal in Bohemia
- The Red-Headed League
- A Case of Identity
- The Boscombe Valley Mystery
- The Five Orange Pips
- The Man With the Twisted Lip
- The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
- The Adventure of the Speckled Band
- The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
- The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
- The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
- The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
- The Adventure of Silver Blaze
- The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
- The Yellow Face, the Stockbroker's Clerk & the Gloria Scott
- The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual
- The Reigate Squire, the Crooked Man & the Resident Patient
- The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter & The Adventure of the Naval Treaty
- Sherlock Holmes: The Final Problem
- The Adventure of the Abbey Grange & The Adventure of the Second Stain
- The Three Students, the Golden Pince-Nez, the Missing Three-Quarter
- The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
- The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton
- The Adventure of the Priory School & the Adventure of Black Peter
- The Norwood Builder, the Dancing Men & the Solitary Cyclist
- The Adventure of the Empty House
- The Return of Sherlock Holmes
- Wisteria Lodge, the Red Circle, the Bruce-Partington Plans
- The Adventure of the Dying Detective
- The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax & The Adventure of the Devil's Foot
- Sherlock Holmes Short Story: His Last Bow
- The Mazarin Stone, Thor Bridge & The Creeping Man
- The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire
- The Three Garridebs, the Illustrious Client, the Three Gables & the Blanched Soldier
- The Lion's Mane, the Retired Colourman, the Veiled Lodger & Shoscombe Old Place