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Looking for the History in Historical Fiction: An Epidemic for Reading
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| Grades | 3 – 5 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Standard Lesson |
| Estimated Time | Five 50-minute sessions |
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Urbana, Illinois |
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MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY
Infectious Diseases, Illness, and Epidemics in Historical Fiction book list
STUDENT INTERACTIVES
Grades 1 – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
The Plot Diagram is an organizational tool focusing on a pyramid or triangular shape, which is used to map the events in a story. This mapping of plot structure allows readers and writers to visualize the key features of stories.
Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
Students generate descriptive timelines and can include images in the description.
Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
This interactive tool allows students to create Venn diagrams that contain two or three overlapping circles, enabling them to organize their information logically.
Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive | Writing & Publishing Prose
The interactive Printing Press is designed to assist students in creating newspapers, brochures, and flyers.
PRINTOUTS
- Historical Fiction definition handout
- Questions to Consider While Reading Historical Fiction
- Researching Illnesses Through Time data collection sheet
- Historical Fiction Reflection Questions
- Forms of Fiction Reflection Paper Rubric
WEBSITES
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Healthfinder
- CDC Infectious Disease Information A-Z Index
- CDC WhyFiles: Parallels to the AIDS Epidemic?
PREPARATION
- Students should have a working definition of historical fiction.
- Compile historical fiction texts for students to choose from. This lesson relies on texts about illnesses, but any collection could be the focus of a similar study.
- Make copies of the historical fiction guiding questions and the data collection sheet.
- If desired, make copies or an overhead transparency of the Historical Fiction Reflection Questions.
- Test the Venn Diagram tool on your computers to familiarize yourself with the tools and ensure that you have the Flash plug-in installed. You can download the plug-in from the technical support page.