Historical


 * Websites: **

This website lists great historical fiction titles, most with pictures of the cover and a brief description of each. The site breaks down the genre by Continent and Time Period. [|Historical Fiction for Children]

This website from Macmillan gives a good list of historical fiction titles for children and teens. [|Macmillan Historical Fiction for Children and Teens]

If you want to read, or want your students to read, an award-winning historical fiction title, this site lists all the Scott O'Dell Award Winners for Historical Fiction. [|Scott O'Dell Award Winners]

This website from goodreads.com is a list that members of the site have put together as the top 97 titles in the historical fiction genre. If you join the site, you can rate and review the ones you've read. [|Goodreads Top 97]


 * Articles :**

Terry Lundquist, who was recognized by the National Council for the Social Studies as Elementary Teacher of the Year, explains how and why she uses historical fiction to teach in her classroom. [|How and Why I Teach with Historical Fiction]

This article describes the values of using high-quality **//historical//** **//fiction//** in the classroom and presents different ways to respond to this genre including using modern technology. Two tables, one of picture books and one of novels, with paired nonfiction texts, are provided as a teacher resource. [|The Return of Historical Fiction]

Explores the appeal of **//historical//** **//fiction//** for young readers and describes its place within any school curriculum. Describes a project in Dorset Middle Schools which used **//historical//** **//fiction//** to teach medieval history and English. Notes that students' **//historical//** thinking was improved, their knowledge of medieval world advanced, and their writing was practiced as they wrote their own medieval stories. [|Teaching English and History Through Historical Fiction]


 * Lesson Plans: **

[|Looking for the History in Historical Fiction]

This site has links to lessons and other sites for historical fiction, as well as a list of historical fiction picture books. [|Kim's Korner]

[|Literature Activities and Lesson Plans]


 * Wikis and Webquests: **

This will link you to a wiki that offers advice on how to choose high quality literature/historical fiction for children. [|Choosing High Quality Children's Historical Fiction]

If you scroll to the bottom of this page, there is a great list of Literature Webquests. [|Literature Webquests]