Tracking london & jack the ripper

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

3

2

Going to school in England

5

2.1 2.2

5 7

3

Arriving in London 3.1 3.2 3.3

4

9

Culture shock London's East End: Cockney Britain or the UK?

9 10 14

Jack the Ripper returns

15

4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4

London in the Victorian Age A new Jack the Ripper Who was Jack the Ripper?

Rippermania!

15 17 18 21

5

Mysterious letters

23

6

Getting involved

25

6.1 6.2

7

An eye witness The plot thickens

The London Tube 7.1 7.2 7.3

2

Wexford College Over to you

Playing detective Using the Tube The secret station

25 27

29 29 30 31

8

Seeing ghosts

31

9

Final confrontation

33

10 Crime talk show

35

11 Author profile

37

12 Be creative

39

13 Help track

40

14 Sources

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TRACKING: LONDON & JACK THE RIPPER