Teaching With Historical Fiction

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HISTORICAL FICTION:

stories that are written to portray a time period or convey

information about a specific time period or a historical eventSetting is the most important literary element

the information about the time period must be accurate & authentic

The purpose of historical fiction is to enable a reader through the

perspective of characters in the story to feel that she or he is present at

the event

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WHERE DID IT COME FROM

Sir Walter Scott's Waverley is generally considered to be the first

historical novel (1814)Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter (1850)

Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities (1856)

Tolstoy's War and Peace (1869)

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What Does it Look LikeFreedom on the Menu: TheGreensboro Sit-Insby: CarolBoston Weatherford

An eight-year-old girlobserves as civil rightsactivists work to integratelunch counters inGreensboro, NorthCarolina. Grade level: K 4.

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Weedflower byCynthiaKadohata

Following theattack on PearlHarbor, a

Japanese-Americangirl and her familyare relocated to aninternment camp.4-6

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A Friendship for Today byPatricia C. McKissack(Scholastic)

In 1955 suburban St. Louis,

Rosemary, the lone black child inher newly integrated classroom,forms an unlikely friendship withGrace, the polio-stricken classbully. 4-6

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Esperanza Risingby: Pam Ryan

Esperanza and hermother are forced toleave their life of wealthand privilege in Mexicoto go work in the laborcamps of SouthernCalifornia, where theymust adapt to the harshcircumstances facingMexican farm workerson the eve of the GreatDepression. 6-9

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Roll of Thunder Hear My CryBy: Mildred Taylor

A black family living inMississippi during theDepression of the 1930s isfaced with prejudice anddiscrimination which itschildren do not understand.6-9

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The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation,Volume I: The Pox PartyBy: M.T. Anderson

Owned and educated by asociety of New Englandphilosophers, a slave ineighteenth-century Bostondiscovers that Enlightenmentideals are no match for humansavagery. 7-12

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WHY DO WE TEACH WITH IT?

Illuminate time periods

Helpsintegrate

curriculum

Enrichessocial studies

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HOW DO WE TEACH WITH IT?

Think of Historical Fiction as the

Literature circles

Diary writing of students fictional account

Compare and contrast times, people, places etc.

Cause and effect

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HOW TO CHOOSE IT

Avoid stereotypes and myths

provide accurate information through illustrationspresent a well-told story that doesn't conflict with historical

records

portray characters realistically

present authentic settings

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AUTHORS

Mark Twain

Nathaniel HawthorneKen Follett

Anchee Min

James Michener

Cynthia Harrod-Eagle

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HISTORICAL MOVIES

Band of Brothers

Valkyrie

Flags of our Fathers

Memoirs of a Geisha

Titanic

Saving Private Ryan John Adams

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WHAT DOES ALL OF THISMEAN?

Historical Fiction:

Provides students with background knowledge

Gives students multiple perspectives

It presents the complexity of issues

Helps to integrate curriculum

Provides students with visual & contextual clues as to the time period being

studied

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HELPFUL WEBSITES

Books R4 teens

Historical Fiction Genre Study | Scholastic.com Historical Fiction Network

American Historical Fiction

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References

Anderson, M. (2008). The astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the nation,volume one: The Pox Party . Cambridge: Candlewick. Applegate, K. (2007). The buffalo storm . New York: Clarion Books.Cushman, K. (2008). The loud silence of Francine Green . New York: Laurel Leaf.DeFelice, C. (2006).Bringing Ezra back. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.Dickens, C. (2003). A Tale of Two Cities . London: Penguin Classics.

Dowell, F. O. (2009). Shooting the moon . New York: Atheneum.Erdrich, L. (2006). The game of silence . New York: HarperTrophy.Giff, P. R. (2008). Water street . New York: Yearling.Hawthorne, N. (2003). Scarlet letter . New York: Barnes & Noble.Hook, A., & Scott, W. (1981). Waverley . London: Penguin Classics.Kadohata, C. (2006). Weedflower . New York: Atheneum Books.

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References Cont.

Morrison, T. (1994). The bluest eye . Chicago: Penguin Group/Plume.McKissack, P. (2007). A friendship for today . New York: Scholastic.Peterson, J. W. (2004). Don't forget Winona . New York: Joanna Cotler.Ryan, P. M. (2000). Esperanza rising . New York: Scholastic.Sandin, J. (2007). At home in a new land . New York: HarperCollins

Publishers. Taylor, M. D. (2002).Roll of thunder, hear my cry . Chicago: Speak. Tolstoy, L. (2008).War and peace . New York: Vintage. (Original workpublished null)

Weatherford, C. B. (2007). Freedom on the menu: The Greensboro sit-ins . New York City: Puffin.