Solve the Mystery- Murder of a Millionaire

Mr. James Mulligan, millionaire and owner of Telecom, Inc., a multi-billion dollar telecommunications company was found dead in his private office in his home at 8:20pm last night. He had been stabbed through the heart by a sharp object. When he was found he was sitting at his desk with a pen in one hand.

In this class, students will each be given a set of clues via private message in class. They will be responsible for sharing their clues with the class and listening to other students' clues. We will go over the vocabulary deduction, witness, and victim. We will review the important question words and what we should ask to solve a mystery. Students will come up with a hypothesis, and I will let them know how close they are. After solving the mystery, students will review what they could have done more effectively.

The clues given include information on where certain characters were and when, who had money and who had motive, and what each suspect told the police.