Literacy Links for Nonfiction

Greetings!

It is very important as we read historical fiction to understand as much as we can about the time period in which the book takes place. Below you will find links to information that may help you understand more about different times in history. Enjoy exploring and reading more about the times your characters lived in.

Revolutionary War

www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle.html
www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/index.html
www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/revolut/jb_revolut_subj.html
www2.lhric.org/pocantico/revolution/revolution.htm
ethemes.missouri.edu/themes/935

The Great Depression

http://www.pbs.org/jessejones/jesse_greatdepression_1.htm

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaposters/wpahome.html

http://www.kidskonnect.com/subject-index/16-history/267-great-depression.html

http://1930.mrdonn.org/SharingMemories.html

Slavery

http://africa.mrdonn.org/slavetrade.html

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/children.htm

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/northamerica/after1500/people/slavery.htm

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/j1.html

Holocaust

http://www.pocanticohills.org/amprogress/holocaust.htm

http://frank.mtsu.edu/~baustin/holo.html