Date of Project
4-23-2021
Document Type
Honors Thesis
School Name
Annsley Frazier Thornton School of Education
Department
Education
Major Advisor
Dr. Jessica Ivy
Second Advisor
Dr. Conor Picken
Third Advisor
Dr. Kevin Thomas
Abstract
This hybrid thesis consists of a research base that informs the creation of an interdisciplinary English Language Arts and forensic science unit for tenth grade students. Using “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” by Edgar Allan Poe as an anchor text, students explore argumentative writing, the nature of science, and various technologies as they construct their own experiments and write an argument identifying the criminal of the story. This unit went through three iterations in its evolution, receiving feedback from university professors and high school English teachers. Emerging themes from this feedback included modeling expectations, emphasizing interdisciplinarity, and alternative schedules for differentiation, which led to a final product that is feasible, engaging, and covers a variety of content standards.
Recommended Citation
Cox, Lexi, "Science and Writing and Apes, Oh My! An Iterative Interdisciplinary Approach to Argumentative Writing and Forensic Science in the Secondary English Classroom" (2021). Undergraduate Theses. 64.
https://scholarworks.bellarmine.edu/ugrad_theses/64