Historical Fiction

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Historical Fiction

• RI.8.3 Analyze how text makes connections
  distinctions between individuals, ideas or events
• RL.8.2 Determine theme or central idea of text
  analyze development summary
• SL.8.1 Engage effectively in collaborative
  discussions on grade 8 topics, texts, issues
• Essential Question How can historical fiction
  enrich our understanding of the past?
• Goal I will be able to compare a piece of
  historical fiction with historical data to
  examine the details of the setting, evaluate the
  way the historical characters are presented, and
  analyze the accounts of real events.

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Class Activities

• Read and analyze several types of data sources
  about the Battle of Shiloh. This sources include
  a web page entry, a data bank, a map, a photo,
  and a chapter of a nonfiction book, Drumbeats
  and Bullets.
• Take notes from these sources identifying
  details. Utilize a graphic organizer, a concept
  web, to assist with note taking.
• Use these sources to access the historical
  accuracy of a historical fiction short story,
  The Drummer Boy of Shiloh.

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Class Activity

• Use the chart on page 202 to compare the
  historical data from Drumbeats and Bullets on
  page 197 to The Drummer Boy of Shiloh, the
  historical fiction piece, on page 203.
• First, complete the chart with the data.
• Then read the historical fiction piece. As you
  read, complete the chart.