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A Common Core State Standards-Aligned Educator’s Guide for Grades 5 to 9

Caught!: Nabbing

History’s Most Wanted

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Written by Georgia Bragg

Illustrated by Kevin O-Malley

Published by Crown Books for Young Readers

A humorous look at how famous people got caught, including Joan of Arc, Blackbeard, Al Capone, and more!

Outlaw, assassin, art thief, and spy, these fourteen troublemakers and crooks--including Blackbeard the pirate, Typhoid Mary, and gangster Al Capone--have given

the good guys a run for their money throughout the ages.

Some were crooked, some were deadly, and some were merely out of line--but they all got Caught! as detailed in this fascinating and funny study of crime, culture, and

forensic science.

Guide created by Debbie Gonzales, MFA

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Table of Contents

Part 1: Puzzle Pages ............................................................................................................3Games & Puzzles Overview ...............................................................................................4Joan of Arc – Vertical Puzzle ..............................................................................................5Sir Walter Raleigh – Double Puzzle ...................................................................................6Caravaggio – Crossword Puzzle .........................................................................................7Blackbeard – Matching Puzzle ...........................................................................................8John Wilkes Booth – Fallen Phrase Puzzle .........................................................................9Jesse James – Criptogram .................................................................................................10Billy the Kid – Word Search .............................................................................................11Mata Hari – A Vertical Puzzle ...........................................................................................12Typhoid Mary – Crossword Puzzle ...................................................................................13Rasputin – Matching Puzzle .............................................................................................14Vincenzo Peruggia – Criptogram ......................................................................................15Bernard Kuehn – Word Search .........................................................................................16Anna Anderson – Criptogram ...........................................................................................17Al Capone – A Fallen Phrase Puzzle .................................................................................18

Part 2: Research & Application .........................................................................................19Thesis Exploration ............................................................................................................20About the Author: Georgia Bragg .....................................................................................21Research & Application Template ....................................................................................22

Puzzle Answers .................................................................................................................23 Joan of Arc & Sir Walter Raleigh .....................................................................................24Caravaggio & Blackbeard .................................................................................................25John Wilkes Booth & Jesse James ...................................................................................26Billy the Kid & Mata Hari ................................................................................................27Typhoid Mary & Rasputin ...............................................................................................28Vincenzo Peruggia & Bernard Kuehn ...............................................................................29Anna Anderson & Al Capone ..........................................................................................30

Common Core State Standards Alignment:English Language Arts Standards » Reading: Informational Text ....................................31English Language Arts Standards » Writing .....................................................................32English Language Arts Standards » Speaking & Listening ..............................................32

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Part 1:Puzzle Pages





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Why read about these folks? Because they changed history and made the world not only a more fascinating place, but a place that requires criminal forensics, mug shots, fingerprinting,

ballistics, and DNA testing (pg. 2).

Objective: To examine information highlighting key aspects of the text demonstrating the motives, reactions, or historic consequences of each individual’s experience featured in the book.

Materials:• Caught: Nabbing History’s Most Wanted, the book• Puzzle Pages (Guide, pgs. 5 to 18)• Pencil• Puzzle Answers (Guide, pgs. 23 to 30)

Procedure:• Read each chapter and end notes closely.• Print a copy of the corresponding puzzle.• Follow the instructions to solve each particular puzzle.• Use answer sheets to verify answers.• Consider the relevance of the clues and citations featured in each puzzle as they pertain

to the criminal’s life experiences. Be prepared to reference these and other facts when working on the research project presented in the latter portion of this guide.

• Share and discuss your discoveries and perspectives with the class.





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Joan of Arc - A Vertical Puzzle

“You have been to your council, and I to mine. And believe me, the council of my Lord will be put into effect...” (pg. 10).

~Joan of Arc

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Puzzle clues: 1. Name Joan is given hundreds of years after her death2. Type of animal Joan of Arc rode into battle3. The people living here cheered upon Joan’s arrival4. Joan’s age when she died5. Heavenly being who gave Joan directions and instructions6. Angels told her to rescue this country7. Time in history when Joan lived8. Joan escaped confinement by jumping out of a window9. Joan’s father’s last name





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Sir Walter Ralieigh - Double Puzzle

“My thoughts are winged with hopes, my hopes with love,Mount love unto the Moon in clearest night” (pg. 25).

~Sir Walter Raleigh

Unscramble each of the clue words.Copy the letters in the numbered cells with the same number.





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Caravaggio - Crossword Puzzle

Across2. Caravaggio painted his face on the rendering of this decapitated head6. Italian city of Caravaggio’s birth7. Paint color made from yellow dirt8. Del Monte was a ________ in the Catholic Church

Down1. Carravaggio slept with this weapon by his side3. A soldier in armor4. Cause of Caravaggio’s death5. Caravaggio’s age when he left home6. Black paint made by burning bones and wood

But Caravaggio knew he was living on borrowed time until he’d get caught (pg. 38).





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Blackbeard - Matching Puzzle

“Villains, who are you and from whence came you? (pgs. 52-3)”~Blackbeard the Pirate

a Pirate

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Blackbeard’s ship

blaggard

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cackle fruit

deadlights

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The Jolly Roger

a. the back of a ship

b. the Queen Anne’s Revenge

c. eyes

d. a person who robs ships at sea

e. food

f. a man you can’t trust

g. Blackbeard’s real name

h. to cheat

i. a reward

j. rum mixed with water

k. chicken eggs

l. the pirate’s flag

m. floating free

n. Blackbeard’s head’s location





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John Wilkes Booth – Fallen Phrase Puzzle

“Sic semper tyrannis! (pgs. 63)”~John Wilkes Booth

A fallen phrase puzzle is a puzzle where all the letters from a specific phrase have fallen to the bottom. However, they got mixed up on their way down. Solve the fallen phrase puzzles below.

A O O A N A H O O H I N W Y A K S R W N R F O S T N C T T B G O R S A J O T U S I N G N D

E T S D S H C B T T E G N I W A N N E R E I N G E A H N S E A N T T S O E S U C E B C H M S H N G E T T S I D R H H T R E O B P X O I L E Y T T I E P R O O I H E E C I A L O T O R

A T W D N D R E T D V H L A E Y G T O T E V S A I N E H R A G L S N S N E N D O N T D M E A S C T A T K E O W R H H E A H B R O N I A L A I W N I N A H C T

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Jesse James - Criptogram

Match the numerals and letters to discover the phrase below. Check your work by locating the cited phrase in the text.

“We are the boys that are hard to handle and will make it hot for the party that ever tries to take us” (pg. 79). ~ Jesse James

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Billy the Kid - Word Search

ADORABLENESS BADLANDS BUCKAROO CHARISMA DEPUTIES ESCAPE

GARRETTHEADSTONE

HORSE MURDERER

OUTLAW PAULITA POKER

PRIVYSHACKLES

SUPERSTARSURIVIVE

THIEFWANTED

“What’s the use of looking on the gloomy side of everything? (pg. 92)”~ Billy the Kid





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Mata Hari - A Vertical Puzzle

“Someone is playing with me” (pg. 105).~Mata Hari

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1. Man Margaretha married at an early age2. Mata Hari’s real name3. Woman who charms men with her appearance and mystery4. Man nicknamed “the Grand Inquisitor”5. Mata Hari’s body part that was given to the Institute of Anatomy Museum6. Routine of Bollywood style moves Mata Hari performed7. Mata Hari was accused of spying for this country8. Mata Hari blew this to the firing squad





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Typhoid Mary - Crossword Puzzle

Practically everywhere she worked, people got deathly ill. (pg. 112)

Across:2. Age when Mary Mallon sailed to America5. Mary’s real last name6. Name for a germ finder9. Mary Mallon’s alias name10. Mary’s job

Down:1. Fever spread by eating or drinking the Salmonella typhi bacteria3. Mary was an Irish _________4. Sloan Hospital for Women was this kind of hospital7. Caused Mary to become paralyzed during the last six years of her life8. Source of typhoid germs





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Rasputin - Matching Puzzle

“If I die or you desert me, you will lose your son and your crown. . .” (pg. 129).~Rasputin, to Alexandra

Rasputin

Nicholas II

Empress Alexandra

Starets

Romanov Dynasty

Russian Empire

Potassium cyanide

Assassination

Neva River

Hemophiliac

Con man

a. Rasputin’s body was tossed here

b. A person with a bleeding disorder

c. Man who cheats or tricks others

d. Reigning family of Russia

e. Rasputin’s cause of death

f. “Good for nothing”

g. Tsar of Russia

h. Poison

i. Ruled by Nicholas II

j. Person with special wisdom

k. Wife of Nicholas II





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Vincenzo Peruggia - Criptogram


“The stolen work of Leonardo da Vinci is in my possession. It seems to belong to Italy since its painter was an Italian” (pg. 144).

~ Vincenzo Periggia





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Bernard Kuehn – Word Search

INTELLIGENCEMILITARYSIGNALS

CODECONSEQUENCES

GERMANYJAPANESE

SPYWAR

MORAL

NAZIESPIONAGEAIRCRAFT

SECRETCOMPASS





Anna Anderson – Cryptogram

“I know who you are. You are Grand Duchess Tatiana” (pg. 169). ~ Clara (a fellow patient)


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Al Capone – A Fallen Phrase Puzzle

“I don’t want to die. Especially I don’t want to die in the street, punctured with machine-gun bullets” (pgs. 191).~Al Capone

A fallen phrase puzzle is a puzzle where all the letters from a specific phrase have fallen to the bottom. However, they got mixed up on their way down. Solve the fallen phrase puzzles below.

H T H I C E R C H B W T K N T D K D T H W A Y A S Y E N R F M E A R E R C A S C A H M U I I E M E E E K A E F E E E W C A N A E E I N T D T H E A S T H I C S A R F E E H H E

E S N D R I M N E T A N N T R E H E E E F N

R A P O W T A E T I I I T S T I O I C A N S T A E D M P O L T C E A I P L S P W H I E N O O L I H E N R R R O H O B O B A O E I T R O E S T H G E E G L N E R A A P L P N H A E

E O W I E A H N E P I I T N D Y X W T S W M G M D Y Y

S V I D E F I L U O W H S L E S U N W I O H A A H E I S E X L E N T I T E F F K W O R M I P A N D O N L D H E E E W B N F M B I R L E C Y L G H T U R T H E F S A R A A O D A

A P E L I M V S T Y U E D Y W D O R





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Part 2:Research & Application





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“Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves” (pg. 1).~ Robert Kennedy

Objective: To write an informative or explanatory essay examining a specific thesis by conveying ideas and information clearly.

Materials: • Caught!: Nabbing History’s Most Wanted, the book• Puzzle Pages (Guide, pgs. 4 to 18)• About the Author: Georgia Bragg (Guide, pg. 21)• Research & Application Template (Guide, pg. 22)

Procedure: • Following reading Caught!: Nabbing History’s Most Wanted and completing the Puzzle

Pages included in the guide, lead students in a discussion exploring Robert Kennedy’s statement, “ Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves (pg. 1)” as it relates to a chosen person featured in the book. Using the Research & Application Template as a guide, examine how each subject’s life and death “...changed history and the world not only a more fascinating place, but a place that requires criminal forensics, mug shots, fingerprinting, ballistics, and DNA testing” (pg. 2). Determine how the person’s behavior and demise connect with the Kennedy quote, how they prove the thesis. Cite examples from the text.

• Print and review on the About the Author: Georgia Bragg page of the guide. Examine the various research strategies the author employs when gathering and organizing reference information. Note that, rather than following traditional outlining formats, her research approach is more open and creative. Discuss the benefits of Bragg’s techniques. Consider how taking a more creative approach to research can lead to more interesting, original work. Predict how her methodology influences her style of writing non-fiction.

• Instruct students to choose an individual from the book as a subject for an informative or explanatory essay. Use the Research & Application Template as a guide to begin gathering facts about their topic, keeping the Kennedy quote in mind while doing so. Include addition research, as well.

• Use Bragg’s research strategies as models of inspiration to organize reference information.

• Write an essay proving how the person’s life and death reflects how society got the criminal it deserved.

Thesis Exploration





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About the Author: Georgia Bragg

Georgia Bragg’s father, mother, and brother are all artists, and Georgia is too. She was a printmaker, a painter, and a storyboard artist before becoming a writer. “My parents talked about art seven days a week,” she says. “Someone’s latest creation was always propped up at the dinner table, so I learned about art by osmosis. I didn’t realize how unique my experience was until I got older.” Georgia lives in Los Angeles with her husband, two children, and two cats.

Samples of Georgia’s research strategies are printed below. Rather than following a traditional outline when crafting her non-fiction stories, Georgia’s note-taking formats assume a free-formed structure.

Consider how she has incorporated an artistic approach to gathering and organizing facts about her topics. Determine how her techniques can assist you in your future research projects.

A Mind Map highlighting aspects of the Jesse James chapter. Identify elements of the story expressed in the bubbles.

A Word List comprised of descriptive terms to be used in the Sir Walter Raleigh chapter. Determine how Georgia incorporated these

terms in the chapter.

Organizing facts for the Rasputin chapter using a Mind Map variation. Notice how Georgia has referenced setting in her research.

Using Post It notes to highlight Highlighting subtopics in the Vincenzo Peruggia chapter. Describe the benefits

of the freedom to manipulate the chapter structure by using Post It notes in this way.

An Outline for the Sir Walter Raleigh chapter. Discuss how Georgia’s outlining techique is both similar, yet different from the traditional format.





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Research & Application Template

“Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves” (pg. 1).~ Robert Kennedy

Setting – Where in the World This Happened Time in History

Subject’s Motivation to Engage in Questionable Activity

Impact Their Actions had on History

Citation: ______________ Citation: ______________

Citation: ______________ Citation: ______________

Subject’s Name

Do You Feel Empathy for this Person? How so?

Did They Have the Opportunity to Act Differently? Explain Your Answer.





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Puzzle Answers





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Puzzle Answers

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Caravaggio

a Pirate

adrift

aft

Blackbeard’s ship

blaggard

bounty

cackle fruit

deadlights

Ed

grog

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Hampton River

hornswoggle

The Jolly Roger

a. the back of a ship

b. the Queen Anne’s Revenge

c. eyes

d. a person who attacks robs ships at sea

e. food

f. a man you can’t trust

g. Black Beard’s sailor name

h. to cheat

i. a reward

j. rum mixed with water

k. chicken eggs

l. the pirate’s flag

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John Wilkes Booth

Jesse James





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Billy the Kid

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Typhoid Mary

Rasputin

Rasputin

Nicholas II

Empress Alexandria

Starets

Romanov Dynasty

Russian Empire

Potassium cyanide

Assassination

Neva River

Hemophiliac

Con man

a. Rasputin’s body was tossed here

b. A person with a bleeding disorder

c. Man who cheats or tricks others

d. Reigning family of Russia

e. Rasputin’s cause of death

f. “Good for nothing”

g. Tsar or Russia

h. Poision

i. Ruled by Nicolas II

j. Person with special wisdom

k. Wide of Nicholas II

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Vincenzo Peruggia

Bernard Kuehn





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Anna Anderson

Al Capone





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Common Core State Standards Alignment





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