Week 1
Lesson 1
The Game's Afoot!: The History of the Mystery and The Hound of the Baskervilles
History of mysteries, background of Conan Doyle and what makes for an English Country House Murder Mystery. Games/puzzles/brain teasers throughout.
Lesson 2
Discussion chapters 1 2 3
Discussion chapters 1 2 3 and Spar Debate sparked by:"It may be said that you are not yourself luminous, but you are a conductor of light. Some people who without possessing any genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it."—Holmes 
Spar Question: 
Would you prefer to be “luminous” or a “conductor of light?” 
Position 1: Luminous, aka a genius. Explain.
Position 2: Conductor of light, aka a helpful person of good sense Explain.
Lesson 3
Discussion chapters 4 5 6 
Discussion chapters  4 5 6 and Spar Debate sparked by:"But we hold several threads in our hands, and the odds are that one or other of them guides us to the truth. We may waste time in following the wrong one, but sooner or later we must come upon the right.”
Spar Statement;  Even if we make the wrong choices, nothing that we ever do is wasted time.
Position 1: Agree with the above statement.
Position 2: Disagree with the above statement. It’s possible to waste time frivolously.
 Week 2
Lesson 4
Discussion chapters 7 8 9 
Discussion chapters 7 8 9 and Spar Debate sparked by:“My unhappy brother is starving on the moor. We cannot let him perish at our very gates.”
Spar Statement:  It is essential that we support those that we love even if they have done great wrongs.
Position 1: Agree with the above statement.
Position 2: Disagree with the above statement. There are times when people do things that are both extremely  wrong and dangerous.  We need to step away and let them take responsibility for their own actions.
Lesson 5
Discussion chapters 10 11 12
Discussion chapters 10 11 12 and Spar Debate sparked by: In his diary Watson notes that he prides himself on his common sense.
Spar Question: How important is common sense? Is common sense more important than brilliance or intelligence?
Position 1: Common sense is more important than brilliance or intelligence.
Position 2: Brilliance or intelligence is more important than common sense.
Lesson 6
Discussion chapters 13 14 15 (end)
Discussion chapters 13 14 15 and Spar Debate sparked by: "One of Sherlock Holmes'  defects is that he keeps his ideas to himself. 
Spar Statement: It makes sense to keep our best ideas to ourselves.
Position: 1: Agree with the above statement.
Position 2: Disagree with the above statement.  We stand far more to gain from collaborative work.