Macdeath! (CSI Macbeth)

I have attached the resources and photos for Macdeath! I wanted to create a lesson to engage my lower set Year 9s who were really struggling with the language but this can be adapted for all Key Stages and abilities. I have used this for an observation and presented it during a whole school meeting when discussing innovative lessons and Mantle of the Expert.

I was lucky enough to have the following items for the evidence:

Bloody dagger
Vial
Soap

And then the rest (evidence sheet attached) was printed (I tea stained and burnt the letter and diary entry). I also crumpled up the receipt for authenticity. I used ducktape for 2 body outlines (and 2 willing English teachers who needed a lie down for the outline) and folded yellow card for the evidence numbers, which I placed around the bodies. I then got the students into groups to look at their own evidence packs (I didn’t give them the ‘authentic evidence’ but just printed versions) They then had an evidence log with prompt questions and a final coronary report.

The theme of the lesson was 'deceit' (although this can be adapted) and the aim was to use their interpretive skills to decipher WHY they died and to understand how their behaviour had contributed to their deaths.