TRACKING: LONDON & JACK THE RIPPER In this project you will: follow an American teenager as she moves to London and goes to a new school; learn more about London and the United Kingdom; learn about the serial killer known as Jack the Ripper who terrorized the streets of Victorian London; investigate the mysterious case of a new Jack the Ripper and write your own ending to this story; take part in a special crime talk show.
CONTENTS 1
Introducing The Name of the Star
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2
Going to school in England
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2.1 2.2
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3
Arriving in London 3.1 3.2 3.3
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Culture shock London's East End: Cockney Britain or the UK?
9 10 14
Jack the Ripper returns
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4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4
London in the Victorian Age A new Jack the Ripper Who was Jack the Ripper? Rippermania!
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Mysterious letters
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Getting involved
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6.1 6.2
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An eye witness The plot thickens
The London Tube 7.1 7.2 7.3
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Wexford College Over to you
Playing detective Using the Tube The secret station
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Seeing ghosts
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9
Final confrontation
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10 Crime talk show
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11 Author profile
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12 Be creative
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13 Help track
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14 Sources
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TRACKING: LONDON & JACK THE RIPPER