Historical+Fiction+Grades+4-8

=Name of Collection: Historical Fiction Grades 4-8=

Librarian's e-mail: ebasileo@schools.nyc.gov
=Introduction:= This historical fiction collection, specifically for Grades 4-8, contains books and playaways that portray a specific time period in history or an historical event.

=Questions for Inquiry:= How can historical fiction enhance the teaching of Social Studies in Grades 4-8? How historically accurate are the events/details/settings of historical fiction books? How do the characters' traits and emotions compare to characters of other genres?

=Keywords:= Historical fiction

=Subject Headings:=
 * Historical fiction
 * War stories
 * Name of place - Fiction (ex. China - Fiction)

=Dewey Decimal Classification(s):=

FIC PL

=**Key Books:**=

In China, at a time when few girls are taught to read and write, Ruby dreams of going to the University with her brothers and male cousins. A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families lived there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment as well as his autistic older sister. While in London perparing to perform in a replica of the Globe Theatre, Nat Field finds himself transported back to 1599 and performing "A Midsummer Night's Dream" with Will Shakespeare himself. In 1849, twelve-year-old California Morning Whipple renames herself Lucy when her mother moves the family from Massachusetts to a rough California Gold Rush camp. The daughter of an English country knight keeps a journal to record her everyday life, her longing for adventure and her efforts to avoid being married off to someone she doesn't like. In free-verse poems, fifteen -year-old Billlie Jo tells of the hardships of living on her family's wheat farm during the dust bowl years of the Great Depression. In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns to be courageous as she helps her Jewish friend escape from the Nazis. A Japanese American boy learns to play baseball when he and his family are forced to live in an internment camp during World War II. Impatient with the constraints put on her in seventeenth century Korea, twelve-year-old Jade Blossom determines to see beyond the walls of her home. A boy recounts his annual trips to visit his larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois with his younger sister during the Great Depression.
 * Bridges, Shirin Yim. __Ruby's Wish__ . Chronicle Books, 2002.**
 * Choldenko, Gennifer. __Al Capone Does My Shirts__ . Putnam's, 2004**.
 * Cooper, Susan. __King of Shadows__ . Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1999.**
 * Cushman, Karen. __The Ballad of Lucy Whipple__ . Clarion Books, 1996.**
 * Cushman, Karen. __Catherine, Called Birdy__. Clarion Books, 1994.**
 * Hesse, Karen. __Out of the Dust__. Scholastic Press, 1997.**
 * Lowry, Lois. __Number the Stars__. Houghton Mifflin, 1989.**
 * Mochizuki, Ken. __Baseball Saved Us__. Lee & Low, 1993.**
 * Park, Linda Sue. __Seesaw Girl__. Clarion Books, 1999.**
 * Peck, Richard. __A Long Way From Chicago: a Novel in Stories__. Dial Books for Young Readers, 1998.**

=**Reference:**=

Oryx Press, 1999.** Presents an annotated listing of over three thousand historical fiction books in a variety of genres, set within the United States; organized by time periods, from prehistory through the twentieth century. The book is indexed by author, title, genre and subject. Press, 1998.** Presents annotated listings of over six thousand historical fiction books in a variety of genres, set in locales outside the United States, organized by geographic setting and time period. Includes bibliographic references and indexes. Award winners and titles suitable for young adults are listed. Explores the forms and subgenres of young adult historical fiction and several contemporary issues, including war, race, gender, class, religion, and others. Presents an annotated listing of approximately eight hundred award-winning historical fiction books for students in kindergarten through eighth grade, arranged chronologically by topic within the groups of American history, world history, and myths and folklore. Presents a practical guide to teaching history containing strategies that combine historical thinking and literature, specifically historical fiction, as well as hands-on experience. Includes bibliographical references, study units and reproducible forms.
 * Adamson, Lynda G. __American Historical Fiction : an annotated guide to novels for adults and young adults__. Phoenix, AZ:
 * Adamson, Lynda G. __World Historical Fiction: an annotated guide to novels for adults and young adults__. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx
 * Brown, Joanne. __The distant mirror : reflections on young adult historical fiction__. Scarecrow Press, 2006.**
 * Zarian, Beth Bartleson. __Around the world with historical fiction and folktales : highly recommended and award-winning books, grades K-8__. Scarecrow Press, 2004.**
 * Zarnowski, Myra. __Making Sense of History: Using High Quality Literature and Hands-On Expereinces to Build Content Knowledge.__ Scholastic, 2006.**

=**Magazine Articles**=

• Print:

 * Krapp, JoAnn Vergona. "Historical Fiction."** //School Library Media Activities Monthly//. 20: 6 (2005): 12-13.
 * Lindquist, Tarry. "Why & how I use historical fiction."** //Instructor// 105: 3 (1995): 46-51.
 * Stafford, Brenda. "Historical Fact and Fiction."** //School Library Media Activities Monthly//. 15:10 (1999): 15-20.

• Online:
546-556.__EBSCO__. 24 Jan. 2008 http://search.ebscohost.com/. http://www.schoollibrarymedia.com/articles/Krapp2005v21n6p43.html __EBSCO__. 24 Jan. 2008 http://search.ebscohost.com/. (Oct. 2005): 24-25. Academic Search Elite. __EBSCO__. 23 Jan. 2008 http://search.ebscohost.com/.
 * Beck, Kathy; Nelson-Faulkner, Shari. "Historical Fiction: Teaching Tool or Literary Experience?"** //Language Arts// 77.6 (July 2000):
 * Hicks, Alun and Dave Martin. "Teaching English and History Through Historical Fiction"**. //Children's Literature in Education// 28.2 (June 1997): 49-59. Academic Search Elite. __EBSCO__. 24 Jan. 2008 http://search.ebscohost.com/.
 * Krapp, Joann Vergona. "Historical Fiction".** //School Library Media Activities Monthly// 21.6 (February 2005) 23 Jan. 2008
 * Nawrot, Kathy. "Making Connections with Historical Fiction."** //Clearing House// 69.6 (July/August 1996): 343-346.
 * Schwab, Watts. "Now Get What It Was Really Like: Reading Historical Fiction to Understand History".** //Library Media Collection// 24.2

=Web Sites:= Children's Literature lists by topic with links to additonal titles and resources. World History and American History including biographies, timelines, puzzles and classroom tools. Resource designed for Middle and High school students, to accompany the study of North American History Focuses primarily on maps of the Americas from the 18th and 19th centuries, but also includes maps of the World, Asia, Africa, Europe etc. Comprehensive site from a Michigan State University student researcher. Powerpoint presentation citing research, authors, activities etc.
 * Best Kids Books** http://www.thebestkidsbooksite.com/thispartictopic.cfm?BookTopic=1838
 * History Central** http://www.historycentral.com/index.html
 * History...It's Happening** http://www.ebscohost.com/flashPromo/historyhappenings/index.html
 * Historical Maps** http://www.davidrumsey.com/
 * Historical Fiction in the Elementary School** http://www.msu.edu/~vandeki3
 * Incorporating Historical Fiction in the Middle School Classroom** http://srufaculty.sru.edu/suzanne.rose/ACEI/KristenRobertsACEI.ppt

=EdVideo:= [] [] []
 * Dear America**
 * Horrible Histories**
 * David Macaulay Collection**

=Community Resources:= [|http://www.queenslibrary.org] [|http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org] [|http://www.nypl.org] [|http://www.metmuseum.org] [|http://www.amnh.org] [] []
 * Queens Library**
 * Brooklyn Public Library**
 * New York Public Library**
 * Metropolitan Museum of Art**
 * American Museum of Natural HIstory**
 * Museum of the City of New York**
 * Tenement Museum**

=Curriculum Standards Related to This Topic:=

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 * English Language Arts**

Students: * read and view independently and fluently across many genres of literature from many cultures and historical periods * identify the distinguishing features of different literary genres, periods and traditions and use those features to interpret the work.
 * Standard 2:** Students will read, write, listen, and speak for literary response and expression
 * Listening and reading to acquire information andunderstanding involves collecting data, facts, andideas; discovering relationships, concepts, and generalizations; and using knowledge from oral,written, and electronic sources
 * Listening and reading for literary response involvescomprehending, interpreting, and critiquingimaginative texts in every medium, drawing onpersonal experiences and knowledge to understandthe text, and recognizing the social, historical andcultural features of the text
 * Listening and reading for literary response involves comprehending, interpreting, and critiquing imaginative texts in every medium, drawing on personal experiences and knowledge to understand the text, and recognizing the social, historical and cultural features of the text.


 * Social Studies**


 * Standard 1: History of the United States and New York**
 * Use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of major ideas, eras, themes, developments, and turning points in the history of the United States and New York.


 * Standard 2: World History**
 * Use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of major ideas, eras, themes, developments, and turning points in world history and examine the broad sweep of history from a variety of perspectives.