Historical Fiction Basics
This type of story takes place in the past but includes made-up characters or events.
Historical Fiction
This historical event happened between 1861 and 1865 in the United States.
This type of writing tells real facts about history.
Non fiction
Seeing soldiers march through town during the 1800s could be a clue about this war.
Civil War
Authors write historical fiction to help readers imagine life during this.
Time period
This is the time and place where a story happens.
Setting
If a story includes bread lines and families losing jobs, it likely takes place during this economic crisis.
Great Depression
Historical fiction mixes real historical events with these invented elements.
Fictional characters
Factories, crowded cities, and child labor might suggest this time period of rapid industry.
Industrial Era
This is the message or lesson readers learn from a story.
Theme
Historical fiction includes real historical events and these kinds of characters that may not have existed.
Fictional Characters
A story with protests for equal rights and segregation laws might take place during this movement.
Civil Rights Movement
This type of text includes dates, real people, and evidence.
A family listening to important news on the radio during wartime suggests this decade.
1940s
Authors may include fictional characters so readers can better do this.
Connect to the story
Authors include these hints to help readers know the time period of a story.
Historical Clues
If characters send text messages and use social media, the story likely takes place during this time period.
Modern Day (Today)
Authors sometimes change small details in historical fiction to make the story more this.
Interesting & engaging
Women marching for the right to vote suggests this historical movement.
Womens Suffrage Movement
When a story is told through the eyes of a character living in the past, this is called their point of this.
Point of View or Perspective
This part of the story shows the main problem characters must face.
Conflict
This element of a story helps determine what technology, jobs, and laws exist for characters.
Time period
This graphic organizer helps compare two texts by showing similarities and differences.
Venn Diagram
Historical fiction often includes these details about clothing, technology, and daily life to show the setting.
Historical clues
Historical fiction helps readers understand not just events but how people might have this during history.
Feelings or experiences