Historical%20Fiction

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Historical Fiction

• 8th Language Arts

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Historical fiction is...

• Literature whose setting is in a particular
  historical time period and that utilizes real
  and/or imaginary characters.

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Types of Historical Fiction

• A story that occurs before the life of the author
• Contemporary novels with the passage of time
• An authors life chronicled in a fictional format

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Types of Historical Fiction

• The protagonist travels back into history
• A story based on accurate historical accounts
• Protagonists experiencing real historical events
• A balance between fiction and reality

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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?

• History should not be sugar-coated.
• Historical accuracy concerning events, places,
  and other facts is required
• The story must make the historical period come to
  life
• The story usually reveals history through the
  eyes of a young protagonist.

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Elements of Historical Fiction

• The Power of Story
• Breathing Life Into the Past
• Where History Textbooks Fall Short
• Breadth and Depth added to studies
• Makes the people connection
• Presents History from Multiple Perspectives

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Authors to Know.

• Lois Lowry
• Scott ODell
• Elizabeth George Speare
• Mildred Taylor
• Karen Cushman
• Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Laurence Yep

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Lois Lowry

• Writes in different genres
• Number the Stars, 1990 Newbery winner
• Draws from her past in writing stories

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Laura Ingalls Wilder

• Little House Books
• Based on her familys experiences in the west
• Laura Ingalls Wilder Award

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Scott ODell

• Visits the location
• Wants to teach through books
• Island of the Blue Dolphins, 61 Newbery Medal
• Born on frontier
• Scott Odell Award

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Elizabeth George Speare

• Novels based on historical incidents
• Well researched
• Newberry medal winner in 59 (the Witch of
  Blackbird Pond), 62 (The Bronze Bow), and83
  (The Sign of the Beaver.)

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Karen Cushman

• Catherine Called Birdy, Newbery honor book
• Matilda Bone
• Midwives Apprentice, Newbery Medal

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Mildred Taylor

• Based on family stories
• Struggled to write.
• Song of Trees
• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry /76 Newbery

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Laurence Yep

• Chinese American from San Francisco
• Envisions looking through a window and reporting
  what he saw
• Dragonwings won Newbery Honor in /75