Napoleon Bonaparte once said, "What is history but a fable agreed upon?" A series of lessons encourages learners to look beyond the basic fable agreed upon related to events in history and consider multiple accounts of the event. The lessons come with specific models and graphic organizers to help scholars write fictional diary entries.

Concepts

diverse perspectives, historical fiction, primary sources, point of view

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the strategies outlined in the lesson to write diary entries for characters in short stories or novels
• Illustrate the idea that individuals have different perspectives on an event by asking your class to write about a shared experience that happened earlier in the school year and comparing their responses

Classroom Considerations

• Print copies of handouts to distribute during the lesson

Pros

• Encourages individuals to look at events from multiple perspectives 
• Includes a rubric 

Cons

Common Core

W.7.3.a W.8.3.a W.9-10.3.a W.11-12.3.a RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.6 RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.6 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.6 WHST.6-8.10 WHST.9-10.10 WHST.11-12.10