Curated OER
Classes For The Masses
Students explore how class is represented in the media by developing ideas for television pilots that deal with class issues. They compile short lists of television characters from working, middle and upper classes.
Curated OER
Bridging the Centuries: Teaching the Nineteenth Century English Novel Today
Students compare and contrast the elements used in the 19th century British novel and those novels in American society today. In groups, they brainstorm what it might have been like to be a teenager growing up in England during the 19th...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Road to Freedom Through Research and Historical Fiction
Students learn how to walk a mile in someone else's shoes by reading historical fiction about the Underground Railroad. This is a lengthy unit of four lessons that spans thirty lesson periods where students examine characteristics of...
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Barbara Greenwood's Guide to Writing for Children [Pdf]
Barbara Greenwood, a Canadian author of numerous historical fiction books for children, has written this thirty-page writing guide where she explains the process she goes through in constructing a story. She covers such key topics as...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: American Historical Fiction Journal
In this American literature (1900-2000) creative research paper project, each student creates an original work of American historical fiction using his/her knowledge of the research process. Students identify and address the ways...
Caro Clarke
Historical Fiction: Who Rules?
This is the fifteenth article in a series designed to help the new novel author. This article focuses on the genre of historical fiction and the role of the author. Is the author a researcher or a story-teller?
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: An Epidemic for Reading
This lesson plan explores the facts and the history behind historical fiction. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
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New Brunswick Museum: The Adventure Begins: A Historical Fiction
In this lesson plan, students research New Brunswick in the 1800s using primary source materials and then write a historical fiction piece about a new immigrant. Click on the Word links to access the lesson materials.
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Scholastic Canada: Dear Canada Series
The Dear Canada historical fiction series features well known Canadian authors writing about different times and on a variety of topics. There are short author profiles, sample teaching activities and an interactive timeline of the book...
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Carol Matas, Writer for Children
Carol Matas writes historical fiction and fantasy for children. Her website has extensive biographical information and descriptions of her books.
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Imaginary Evidence: The Historical Fiction of Alice Munro
An examination of Alice Munro's "A Wilderness Station," an example of Munro's use of "the imprecision of history to create a literature of history."
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Gotta Go Back in Time
Inspired by George Washington's Socks by Elvira Woodruff, students will write in the historical fiction genre.
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Wisewire: Grade 7 Playlist: Historical and Literary Comparisons
Students will learn how to compare and contrast a fictional portrayal of a time, place, or character and a historical account of the same period as a means of understanding how authors of fiction use or alter history. Included are lesson...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Go West: Imagining the Oregon Trail
A 2,000-mile trek across a continent-with no idea what awaits you on the other side. Tell your students to put on their traveling shoes and prepare for the journey of their lives! In this lesson, students compare imagined travel...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: The Past With Today's Technology:prezi for Historical Fiction
To prepare for reading a historical novel, such as A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck, Countdown by Deborah Wiles, Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos, or The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon, students research various aspects of a...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Historical Journal Entries
For this lesson, writers will create a detailed journal entry from the point of view of a character who never actually existed. The journal entry will be for a day in history that the writer has researched and found interesting...
Indiana University
Wright American Fiction Collection: Mark Twain
The full texts to Twain's lesser-known works can be accessed from this site such as "Celebrated Jumping Frog" and "The Innocents Abroad." Read facsimiles of the original books or plain text versions.
University of Manitoba
Cm Magazine Profiles: Virginia Frances Schwartz
Virginia Frances Schwartz, a Canadian author, writes historical novels for elementary to secondary students on a variety of themes, such as slavery and immigration. This is a lengthy interview with her from 2004.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Bright Morning
Use this lesson to delve into the exploration of character development in fiction through the novel "Bright Morning," by Scott O'Dell.
Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers: Emily's Dream Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Emily's Dream, a historical novel written by Jacqueline Pearce, is a sequel to her book Discovering Emily and goes on to look at the teenage years of Canadian artist Emily Carr. This teacher's guide includes a book summary, teaching...
Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers: Discovering Emily Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Discovering Emily, a historical novel written by Jacqueline Pearce, looks at the childhood of Canadian artist Emily Carr. This teacher's guide includes a book summary, teaching ideas and the author's reflections on writing the book.
Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers: Jo's Journey Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Jo's Journey, a novel by Nikki Tate, follows the adventures of an orphan girl named Jo as she heads north disguised as a boy to look for gold during the Caribou Gold Rush. This teacher's guide includes a book summary, teaching ideas and...
Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers: Peggy's Letters Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Peggy's Letters, a novel by Jacqueline Halsey, is set in World War II London during the bombing raids and looks at the experience through a child's eyes. This teacher's guide includes a book summary, teaching ideas and the author's...
Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers: Under a Living Sky Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Under a Living Sky, a novel by Joseph Simons set on the prairies during the Depression, is about a young girl whose treasured handmade doll disappears after her sister becomes jealous of it. This teacher's guide includes a book summary,...