Description
FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS HISTORICAL FICTION LIBRARY LESSON:
- Recommended for: Grades 7-12
- Formats: PPT, Google Slides, and PDF
- Editable: YES, all text is editable
- Lesson duration: 25-30 minute whole-group discussion + 25-minute scrolling slideshow (timed at 45 seconds for each of the 33 Part II slides)
HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL GET:
- 54 PPT slides + Google™ Slides
- Recommended Reads bookmarks (2 pages, editable)
HISTORICAL FICTION LIBRARY LESSON – PART I INCLUDES:
- review of genre (what is genre)
- students’ preliminary thoughts on the historical fiction genre
- characteristics of historical fiction
- differences between historical fiction and historical nonfiction
- why we should read historical fiction (emphasis on empathy and not repeating past mistakes)
- historical fiction mixes well with other genres – e.g., historical mystery or historical adventure
- subgenres of historical fiction
- subgenre focus – regency romance – characteristics and examples
- subgenre focus – steampunk – characteristics and examples
- subgenre focus – Western – characteristics and examples
- two slides for checkout procedures and reminders
- lots of real photos from history
HISTORICAL FICTION LIBRARY LESSON – PART II INCLUDES:
This is a scrolling slideshow. If you time the Part II slides at 45 seconds each, the historical fiction slideshow will 25 minutes in length.
- 5 things every historical fiction story needs
- Scott O’Dell Award for historical fiction
- literary terms: setting, internal conflict, external conflict, characters, dialogue, exposition, plot
- how reading historical fiction helps develop empathy
- difference between empathy and sympathy
- historical fiction gives perspectives of people who are largely left out of history (women, immigrants, BIPOCs, LGBT, indigenous peoples, etc.)
- importance of research to historical fiction
- How accurate should historical fiction be?
- How far back should the time period be for historical fiction?
- Dewey hundreds section for historical nonfiction – 900s
- narrative nonfiction and how it differs from historical fiction
- Word of the Week: anachronism and plausible
- 4 would you rathers
- 3 trivia questions + answers
- Daily and weekly schedule
- Announcements
- Reminders
- This week’s birthdays
- lots of real photos from history
HISTORICAL FICTION LITERATURE MENTIONED:
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
- I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
- The Help by Kathryn Stockett
- Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
- Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
- multiple YA and middle school titles mentioned with the three historical fiction subgenre focuses (regency romance, steampunk, and Westerns)
HISTORICAL FICTION MOVIES MENTIONED:
- Braveheart
- Titanic
- also mentions books that have movies: Gone with the Wind, The Help, Pride and Prejudice, The Book Thief
RECOMMENDED READS BOOKLISTS
- two bookmarks, editable in PPT and PDF
- all titles are historical fiction
- One bookmark is Grades 6-8, and the other is Grades 9-12.
- All titles are recommended on Titlewave for Grades 6-8 and 9-12.
- Both bookmarks include these subcategories: general historical fiction, regency romance, steampunk, Western
- All titles received positive reviews from professional library journals. Many received starred reviews.
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