Writing Historical Fiction
Write a short story pretending you are an important historical person, and that by your own actions, you have changed the outcome of history.
Choose from:
1) The Battle of Gettysburg
2) The Apollo 11 Moon Mission
Be sure to include who you are, your role in the event and an explanation of how your actions changed history.
| Lesson Name: Writing Historical Fiction | |
| Objective: Students will imagine that they have gone back into history; they will then write a story about how they have changed an historical event. | |
| Grade: (9-12) | Lesson Login: hist_fiction-a |
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Additional disciplines: Computer Skills Social Studies Science |
Materials: Computer with Internet access Paper and pen Word Processing software Printer, if using software |
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For AIS instruction, this lesson has been modified as follows: In the directions, students have been given 2 choices for topics instead of 4. The Allowed Sites reflects this change as well. Click here for the original version of this lesson. | |
