Guess That Era

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Guess That Era

• History-Present-Future

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History-Present-Future

• Place- Shire
• People- Joe Biden
• Artifacts- Solar Cars
• Language- Cellular Phone Service
• Events- The Crudades

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History-Present-Future

• Place- Shire- History
• People- Joe Biden- Present
• Artifacts- Solar Cars- Future
• Language- Cellular Phone Service- Present
• Events- The Crudades- History

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History-Present-Future

• Place- Disney World
• People- Justin Biebers grandson
• Artifacts-Mill stone
• Language- Ye Olde Shoppe
• Events- World War 4

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History-Present-Future

• Place- Disney World- Present
• People- Justin Biebers grandson- Future
• Artifacts-Mill stone- History
• Language- Ye Olde Shoppe- History
• Events- World War 4- Future

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History-Present-Future

• Place- Martin Condo- Future
• People- Lady McBeth- History
• Artifacts- Sword- History
• Language- Parental Units- Future
• Events- 2012 Election- Present

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The Elements of Historical Fiction

• Historical Events
• Authors of historical fiction will write about
  important events and phenomena that happened in
  the past.
• These are usually events that significantly
  impacted people living at that time.

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The Elements of Historical Fiction

• Real Places
• Fictional Stories set in the past often take
  place in real places that are relevant to the
  story.

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The Elements of Historical Fiction

• Cultural Artifacts
• Fictional Stories set in the past must include
  cultural artifacts from that time to make the
  setting believable.
• This might include objects, music or artistic
  references, television shows or movies,
  hairstyles and clothing.

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The Elements of Historical Fiction

• Historical Language and Slang
• People spoke differently in the past. In
  historical fiction, you will read accents,
  vocabulary, and slang that you dont use today.
• You will mostly read familiar language and words
  because, for the reader to understand the story,
  it has to be told in a modern voice.

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The Elements of Historical Fiction

• Realistic Characters
• In some works of historical fiction, there are
  real, important characters from history.
• In other works, the characters are fictional, but
  live in a real, historical time.

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Christopher Paul Curtis
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Authors Page in Portfolio

• Authors Page
• Need to write a biography of Christopher Paul
  Curtis that includes fact about where he is from,
  how he started writing, and some fun facts.

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Consider the Setting of the Book

• Ballad of Birmingham
• What would it have been like to live in that era?
• How would it have impacted you if you were at the
  church the day of the blast?