{"id":14153,"date":"2025-12-30T09:56:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T15:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theedublogger.edublogs.org\/?p=14153"},"modified":"2025-12-30T09:56:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T15:56:13","slug":"sherlock-holmes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theedublogger.com\/sherlock-holmes\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons From Sherlock Holmes: It’s Elementary!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who wrote the Sherlock Holmes stories, was lucky enough to rediscover his love of literature in his later years. Is this true for all students?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What role do teachers play in instilling a passion for learning and a love of reading? What impact do reading logs, chapter studies, exams, worksheets, teacher-generated questions and so on have on a student’s love of reading?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As avid readers, we\u2019d love to share an author we\u2019ve recently come to appreciate with some lessons that may be useful to everyone in the education community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Sir Arthur Conan Doyle And Sherlock Holmes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sherlock Holmes wasn’t the first fictional detective but he is the most portrayed literary human being in film and TV<\/a> in history. The Sherlock Holmes stories have had a profound and lasting effect on mystery writing and popular culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who wrote the Sherlock Holmes stories, has been credited as an influence to forensic science as a result of Holmes’ use of methods such as fingerprints, trace evidence, serology, ciphers, and footprints long before they were commonly used by the police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lesson<\/strong> — we’re not bound by what’s already possible. Anyone is capable of invention and creativity. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Portrait of Sherlock Holmes by Sidney Paget<\/a>, 1904<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

From Humble Beginnings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The first Sherlock Holmes story, “A Study in Scarlet”, first appeared in print in 1887 after it was rejected by about five publishers. It was finally accepted by Ward, Lock & Co, who specialized in cheap and often sensational literature, for \u00a325 for the copyright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The book was published in Benton\u2019s Xmas Annual of 1887 and Arthur Conan Doyle never received any further money from the sale of the book. His follow up Holmes novel, “The Sign of Four”, published in 1890 fared slightly better but it wasn’t until Conan Doyle published Holmes as a series of short stories in The Strand magazine did he go onto to become a popular author — and the highest paid of his time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lesson<\/strong> — resilience and determination often lead to success. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch Treasures of the Sherlock Holmes Collections<\/a> to see an original copy of “A Study in Scarlet” and to learn more about The Strand Magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n