University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Adventures of a Penny by Mrs. Perring
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Adventures of a Penny by Mrs. Perring (1865), a fictional account of the life of a penny as told by the penny itself.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's novel Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (1888), a fictional account of travelling around the world.
EL Education
El Education: Bessy
8th grade students at the Pioneer Charter School in Fort Collins, Colorado, each created a historical character file (HCF) as part of a Learning Expedition on slavery. Each HCF is a fictionalized account of a historically/geographically...
EL Education
El Education: Fanta
8th grade students in Fort Collins, Colorado each created a historical character file (HCF) as part of a Learning Expedition on slavery. Each HCF is a fictionalized account of an historically/geographically accurate character. Each file...
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Paul Yee
Paul Yee is a Chinese-Canadian children's writer who has written books about Chinese experiences of coming to Canada. Some of his stories are set in the 1800s. His website provides information about his life and his books, as well as...
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Enjoying "Hamlet"
Introduction to Shakespeare and "Hamlet." Includes introduction, scene by scene synopsis with elaborate illustrations. Also background information concerning historical Hamlet, Saxo Grammaticus. "Historia Danica," Belleforest's...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Why Teach the Holocaust?
Teachers often find the Holocaust to be an overwhelming subject to approach with their students. While the Holocaust offers important lessons to today's students, it can be a difficult to find the appropriate amount of information to...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Lexington [Pdf]
"Lexington" is a one page, historical fiction, reading passage about soldiers fighting in the Revolutionary War. A soldier describes the feeling of being an American. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require...
Reading Is Fundamental
Reading Is Fundamental: Meet the Authors and Illustrators: Pam Munoz Ryan
This site includes an interview with Pam Munoz Ryan, a famous author of many children's picture books and historical fiction books. Read reviews of some of Pam Munoz Ryan's books by chidren.
Read Works
Read Works: The British Are Coming!
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage gives a historical fiction depiction of a family's perspective of the Revolutionary War. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Biography: Angela Shelf Medearis
Read this biography to learn about historical fiction author Angela Shelf Medearis. Links to a list of her books, an interview, and an author's visit kit are provided.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Biography: Michael Malloy
Read this biography to learn about historical fiction author Michael Malloy. A link to a list of his books is provided.
Read Works
Read Works: Drawing Conclusions 3rd Grade Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] A two-lesson unit on drawing conclusions through which students learn how to recognize the difference between implicit information and drawing conclusions. Students also learn to draw conclusions in...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Count Magnus by Montague Rhodes James
Classic Reader provides a number of historical fiction pieces from famous authors. One work is a ghost story, Count Magnus, which was first published in 1904. It is part of the "The Ghosts of Antiquary" series written by Montague Rhodes...
HotChalk
Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: A Thousand Paper Cranes
This historical fiction lesson plan is for young scholars reading Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr, in which they can discuss the tragedy of Hiroshima and its impact as well as other themes.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Dear Annie by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Classic Reader provides a number of historical fiction pieces from famous authors. One work is the novelette "Dear Annie," which was first featured in Harper's Weekly on September 24, 1910. This work was written by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: A Deal on Change by Robert Barr
Classic Reader provides a number of historical fiction pieces from famous authors. One work is a story, "A Deal in Change," which was first published in the late 1800's. It was written by Robert Barr.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Battle to the Death: Adding Integers
The goal of this lesson is for students to use manipulatives to add integers, creating concepts rather than memorizing rules. This lesson will be related to the 300 Spartans who battled the invading Persians at the Battle of Thermopylae,...
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Virginia in American Fiction, 1911
Notable areas connected with famous authors and their books: Virginia as used in American fiction writing.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: The Parsonage
This 1824 house was home to the father of writer Horatio Alger (1832-99). Alger, a prolific and popular writer of juvenile fiction, frequently summered here.
EL Education
El Education: Kurare
After researching slavery and personal experiences of slaves with primary and secondary resources, students create a fictional character that is historically and geographically accurate. Character files include a portrait, a narrative...
EL Education
El Education: Mary Jo Wellington
After researching primary and secondary resources on slavery, students create a fictional character file that is both historically and geographically accurate and demonstrates an understanding of the humanness of slaves.
Virginia Tech
The Alan Review: An Interview With Will Hobbs
This interview with author Will Hobbs was conducted in 1994. Although not recent, it gives interesting and thoughtful views on the art of writing fiction. If you're thinking of being a writer, or just wonder how a writer works, this is...
Library of Congress
Loc: Stephen Crane
This Library of Congress site provides a brief description of Crane's life as a war correspondent during the Spanish-American War and then provides some excerpts from some of his war correspondences. A bibliography of related works of...
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