Using Historical Fiction as a Teaching Tool

Are your kids bored with history? Tired of facts and dates? Help the past come alive by using story (historical fiction) as your springboard to a whole learning unit. Once kids identify with a story’s characters and the times in which they live, build on their curiosity to integrate history, geography, social customs, literature, and language arts— even Church history. The Jacksons will provide teaching strategies for using historical fiction, offer helpful resources and web sites for hands-on research, and recommend some excellent historical fiction as a place to start.