Summer is over and kids (and teachers) are back in the classroom. If you'd like to find some
new historical fiction resources for your classroom or home school use, check
out these sources.
Share My Lesson has thousands of items under the Historical Fiction heading, including general lessons for reading/understanding/writing historical fiction, and lesson plans for specific books. You can find my lesson plans for The Well of Sacrifice (pre-Columbian Mayan times), The Eyes of Pharaoh, and The Genie's Gift here as well. As a bonus, each of these lessons is free! Or you can download free lesson plans for my books on my website.
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| Student cartoons illustrating scenes from The Well of Sacrifice. |
The Curriculum Corner website offers a download of Historical
Fiction Resources. Some of these sound really interesting, with lessons on
Comparing Fact and Fiction, Visualizing the Time Period, comparing books,
comparing the past to today, and thinking about how characters in the story
might present themselves in modern social media. The package also offers
journal response pages, a comic strip template, book club celebration ideas,
and much more.
Teachers Pay Teachers offers a variety of lesson plans when
searching for historical
fiction. Prices vary from free to over $20. You can get lesson plans I've provided for free, including the ones mentioned above (A
CCSS-Aligned Guide for The Eyes of
Pharaoh, my middle grade novel set in ancient Egypt; Projects for The Well of Sacrifice, and a Teaching
Guide for The Genie's Gift, a middle
grade historical fantasy set in the time of the Ottoman Empire).
Teacher Vision has over a hundred items tagged as Historical
Fiction, including many book discussion guides.
If you are interested in getting classroom sets of The Eyes of Pharaoh or The Genie's Gift at a discount, contact the publisher,
Spellbound River Press, or order direct through Ingram.
Chris Eboch is the author of over 100 books for children,
including nonfiction and fiction, early reader through teen. Her novels for
ages nine and up include The Eyes of
Pharaoh, a mystery in ancient Egypt; The
Well of Sacrifice, a Mayan adventure; The
Genie’s Gift, a middle eastern fantasy; and the Haunted series, about kids
who travel with a ghost hunter TV show, which starts with The Ghost on the Stairs. Chris's writing craft books include You Can Write for Children: How to Write
Great Stories, Articles, and Books for Kids and Teenagers, and Advanced Plotting.
Learn more at https://chriseboch.com/
or her Amazon page.
