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Historical fiction Presentation

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Created on January 4, 2024

Brief overview of historical fiction

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historical

Fiction

"Historical fiction brings history to life for young readers through the inclusion of story about historical events." Barone, D. M. (2011). Children's Literature in the Classroom: Engaging Lifelong Readers. Guilford Press.

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Historical Fic.Contents

1. Title Page

5. Characters

6. Purpose of His. Fic.

2. Table of Contents

7. Bottom Line-

3. Historical Fic. meaning

8. Resources

4. Time Periods

'Q. What does Historical Fiction Mean?A. - It is a story with a historically accurate setting or era with fictional elements mixed in. World building is very important.

-From: study.com

IInspiration: The Roman Colosseum, cira 70-72 AD

Q. What is the purpose of historical Fiction?

A. - to show a historical time period or event and enable the reader to experience what may have happened during that time. Some writers put their own twist on the facts.

Q. What time periods qualify?

A. Organizations like the Historical Writers Association say books set 35 years ago meet the criteria. Other oraganizations argue for dates as early as 25 years ago and others say 1950 is the key year. See: 1. TC Historical Fic. Section 2. Some Realistic Fic.

Characters: "The details, and the action in the story can be a mix of actual events and ones from the authors’s imagination as they fill in the gaps. Then, characters can be pure fiction or based on real people (often, it’s both)." - https://celadonbooks.com/

Characters real or made up??

What's the bottom LIne?

# 1

A combination of history and fiction elements

#2

Recognizable location, time period & key historical figures or events

#3

Contains elements of fiction, ie: plot, setting, characters, etc.

#4

Authors do research of topic to make their stories believable

Citations

1. Dukes, Jessica. “What Is Historical Fiction?” Celadon Books, 30 Mar. 2020, celadonbooks.com/what-is-historical-fiction/. 2. Johnson, Sara. “Defining the Genre: What Are the Rules for Historical Fiction? By Sarah Johnson.” Historical Novel Society, 15 Feb. 2012, historicalnovelsociety.org/defining-the-genre-what-are-the-rules-for-historical-fiction/.3.Woerner, J. (n.d.). Historical fiction | definition, characteristics & examples. Historical Fiction| Definition, Characteristics & Examples. https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-historical-fiction-definition-characteristics-books-authors.html

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