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Critical Content/Concept Web

 * Unit Theme**: Science is a Reliable Eyewitness to a Crime
 * Conceptual Lens:** Investigation
 * Unit Length: 4 - 5 weeks**
 * Grade Level(s): 10th Grade**


 * ===Unit Overview=== ||
 * When students read The Lovely Bones they meet Susie Salmon, the main character, who is already in heaven. She is looking down from heaven and telling her story that is both haunting and full of hope. She watches her family and friends go through many ups and downs as they try to wrestle with her death and find her killer. There are a few clues that turn up, but the case is never solved. Mr. Harvey, the killer, murders several other girls and is never caught. He ends up dying at the end by some accidental slippage. There was no DNA testing in the 1970's, when the book takes place, nor many other reliable crime scene forensic techniques. Students will analyse the clues in the book and investigate new crime scene techniques that help law enforcement catch killers when there are no eyewitnesses to a crime. ||

English Themes: Impact of environment and external forces on an individual Dream vs. Reality || Forensic Techniques, DNA Analysis, Inquiry/Investigations, Using evidence to support an argument ||
 * **English** || **Science** ||
 * The Lovely Bones by Alice Seabold

Designer(s): Jessica Ward and Hailey Kerhli
Students will understand that advances in forensic technology have improved crime scene investigations.

**Essential Question**: How would advanced crime scene techniques have changed the outcome of the book?

**Mission Statemen**t: The mission of the Madison Area Memorial High School community is to inspire academic and personal excellence in a safe learning environment where all students can develop the skills necessary to lead purposeful lives as responsible citizens and lifelong learners.