Fact+Fiction+Farce

=Fact, Fiction, and Farce=

This project involves fact, fiction, and farce. The key is to figure out which is which.

Farce is a style of humor that involves broad improbabilities and ridiculous situations. Tabloids like the contain this //Weekly World News// type of humor. While the articles sound real, the facts have not been checked and are often fictionalized. The picture on the right shows the cover of an issue of the Weekly World News with one of it's most popular stories about a Bat Child.

Go to [|Weekly World News at Google Books] for lots of issues to explore.

Unsolved Mysteries
If you're looking for ideas for your own stories, start with unsolved mysteries.

Read the book [|Tales of the Cryptids] by Kelly Milner Hall, Rick Spears, and Roxyanne Young.

Website Resources

 * [|Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns & Mermaids]from American Museum of Natural History
 * [|Resources for Children]
 * [|Resources for Young Adults]
 * [|Strange Science]
 * [|World Myths and Legends in Art]
 * [|42explore: Mysterious and Unexplained]

For more fun, read Sally M. Walker's //Fossil Fish Found Alive// (Carolrhoda, 2002), Richard Ellis's //The Search for the Giant Squid// (Lyons, 1998), Kathy Darling's //Komodo Dragon on Location// (Lothrop, 1997), and Christopher Maynard's //Micromonsters// (DK, 1999).

Go to the Unsolved Mysteries wikispace for more examples that might jumpstart your imagination!