History Mystery: Death in the Ice… Exploring the Franklin Expedition

Have you ever heard of the mysterious disappearance of the Franklin Expedition? This History Mystery involves two ships, sailing from Britain to the Artic of Canada on a search for the Northwest Passage. Despite being well-equipped with food, water, and technology, the ships (and crew) disappeared, and even over 150 years later people still cannot agree on what happened to them!

Check out the trailer, above, for an introduction to this History Mystery, and click the link below for our evidence (so far):

Death in the Ice_ History Mystery Pt. 1

History Mystery: The Female Pharaoh

Have you ever heard of Pharaoh Hatshepsut? Don’t be surprised if you haven’t! Someone tried very hard to erase her from history by removing the faces from her statues and destroying hieroglyphics that mentioned her!

Our class used primary sources, new articles, and archaeological evidence to try to solve the mystery of what happened to one of Egypt’s only female Pharaohs. For more information, check out our ‘Evidence Files’ by accessing the link below:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Gk2l3CCjxEhAcuMEViSq0br2DfB6_W160-06B8f_HKE/edit?usp=sharing