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Anne Marie and Joe
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How much time must past for a book to be considered Historical Fiction?
Does the book need to be about a Historical Event?
Do you need to have Famous people from History in the book?
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A work of fiction set in a time prior to when it was written. Can contain historical setting, characters, or both.Important tool in the classroom.
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Help readers connect to people and situations from the past.
Tend to write about U.S.
American Revolutionary War, Slavery, Civil War, Westward expansion, Immigration, WWII
Many writers are historians and war vets that have gotten into writing.
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SettingTakes place in a time removed from the
reader. The writer must bring place and time to life by providing details that are neither romanticized nor distorted but as authentic as possible
PlotThe writer incorporates questions into
the story that the character asks and the story answers
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Characters
Mostly ordinary people rather than figures of historical importance
Theme
Significant not only for the Historical period but also themes that are relevant today; death, civil rights, prejudice, violence, importance of family and community
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Early Historical fiction consisted of adventure stories & had many inaccuracies
Mostly written for adults
Sir Walter Scott is believed to be the first person to write a work of what we now call historical fiction
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1930s romanticized, highly idealized views with an over whelming amount of information (Waverly; 1810; Ivanhoe)
Ornate descriptions, archaic language, lengthy factual passages
Late 1930’s-1950s More serious works were being written for children
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Style: Old—Ornate descriptions archaic language,
lengthy factual passages
New – simplistic and immediacy language that pulls the reader into the story
Subject Matter:
Today’s historical fiction writers are writing more about lesser known events; however there are still not a lot of works about other countries and cultures available to young readers
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Historical Fiction series tend to be written for a young audience and feature female protagonist more than male.
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Fictionalized Memoirs: Writers who have lived through the bygone era in which they write
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Fictionalized Family History: The passing down of family stories from one generation to the other
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Fiction based on Research: The writer has no first hand knowledge and must perform research to ensure its authenticity. The bulk of historical fiction for children fits into this category
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Con Literature must not be
expected to bear the burden of social studies instruction.
Literature is a fragile medium…it can be easily crushed if forces to bear too heavy an efferent load.
Students will fail to enter the story world on aesthetic terms
Students develop social empathy
A spring board for learning about the past
Engages students in facts from the past that become living, breathing drama
The extensive research that HF writers do provides a rich source of information
Pro
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While textbooks & expository texts are important sources of background information, children step more easily into the dramatic elements of historical fiction which brings the events of the past to light & allows children to become part of the story thus retaining the memory.
Students need “historical empathy” to develop a historical understanding…historical fiction provides that tool.
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Should classroom teachers rely only on textbooks or historical fiction selections?
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Aim for broad coverage
Important sources of background information
Many historical fiction works are full of inaccuracies and idealized views of the past.
Focuses on a single subject and examines it in depth
Allows children to encounter the complexities of historical events
Describes ordinary people catch up in major historical events.
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Offers answers to students’ questions about the world
Helps readers develop consciousness of how time and place influence who they are
Children better understand themselves, their community, culture and world
The problems of today can be understood in light of times past
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What role do you think historical fiction should play in the social studies, world cultures, & history classroom?