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Understanding Historical Fiction. Bring historical fiction to life with creative activities that let students journey to the past. Objective. Students will investigate image clues and primary sources to draw conclusions about historical fiction, then create their own historical fiction book cover and blurb. Time. 40 minutes. Materials.
- Carol Sliwka
- Children can find little meaning in history unless they are helped to attain the point ofview ofa participant; in other words, unless they are given the chance to climb inside history and look out. --Jean Fritz
- Language Arts Journal of Michigan
- Opportunities of Historical Fiction
- Use of Picture Books
- Lamma1!e Arts Journal of Michl an
- Some Sample Activities that Focus on Historical Events
Monroe Public Schools, Monroe, MI Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/lajm
Adam interrupted my read-aloud of Soldier s Heart by Gary Paulsen in his usual exuberant way, by madly flailing both arms in the air and speaking at the same time. "Wait a minute, wait a minute," he blurted. "Is this Charley dude at the same Gettysburg we just learned about in history class?" I could almost see the light bulb shimmering in the air ...
and enthusiasm didn't last for the rest of the year, the historical fiction unit was one he could point to with pride as a measure of his success. Role of Historical Fiction As a history teacher, I know that helping students make cross-discipline connections lies at the heart of engaging history instruction. As a language arts teacher, I know that ...
With the proliferation of well-written historical fiction on the shelves today, one can find a tale to connect students to nearly any historical event at any grade level. Reading that type of narrative literature while studying an era of history, students will be able to deepen their comprehension of the texts by getting to know the real or fiction...
Making connections to history can be achieved through more than historical fiction novels. A literary sub-group that is often overlooked with older students is the picture book. Often concepts in history or other areas of social studies are difficult for students to grasp (e.g., the divisive nature of a civil war or the struggle for women's rights)...
the use of picture books can deepen study that is going on in the other content areas as well as serve as an introduction to genre study. Reading a picture book about a particular topic can prompt a student to seek out a novel pertaining to the same topic. They can also be excellent springboards into other activities. Using picture books is an idea...
People Fair One way to help students get in the head of the characters is to encourage them to become the character. A "people fair" is a great way to accomplish this. After reading a self-selected historical fiction novel or biography, students collect artifacts that represent ideas, objects, or other people that were important to the historical f...
- Carol Sliwka
- 2008
These worksheets provide a structured approach to exploring the rich tapestry of historical narratives, ensuring that students not only understand what they read but also appreciate the intricate interplay between history and fiction.
Why use historical fiction in the classroom? The answer is simple – the best historical fiction can really bring the past to life, especially i f it features interesting, well- rounded characters that children can identify with, and exciting plots that keep them gripped. Good fiction of any kind puts the reader in the shoes of other
The author of historical fiction must blend historical facts with imagination and creative style to master his art. He must be a master of the past so as to portray accurately ideas, attitudes, tendencies and themes and weave his story—accurate in all its details—into the thematic materials.
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history: does fictional representation simply represent history within an imaginative framework, or does it have the power to interrogate, critique and change (our knowledge of) reality?
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To examine and understand the benefits of using historical fiction as an effective teaching tool for social studies at the elementary level, we must first ask the key question: Does the use of historical fiction influence student understanding of the social studies curriculum?
