8th+Unit+3+Looking+Back+on+America

"Looking Back on America"

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Students **read works of historical fiction** and discuss how authors' perspectives might produce accounts of historical events that differ from what we know happened. Students work collaboratively to reconcile different authors’ points of view and discuss why these differences occur. Students read “Paul Revere’s Ride” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and study the actual events of that night to consider the effect that poetry can have on historical memory. An **in-depth research project** accompanied by a **multimedia presentation** is a highlight of this unit, because these creative processes integrate essential skills and meaningful content. This unit ends with an **informative/explanatory essay** in response to the essential question: How does learning history through literature differ from learning through informational text?

Revolutionary War
__Novels__ //April Morning// - Lexile 1050 //My Brother Sam is Dead// - Lexile 770 //Cast Two Shadows// - Lexile 610 //Johnny Tremain// - Lexile 840 __Short Stories__

__Poems__ "Paul Revere's Ride" __Informational/Non-Fiction__ //George vs George: The American Revolution as Seen from Both Sides// //Paul Revere's Ride//

Civil War
__Novels__ //Across Five Aprils// - Lexile 1100 //Slave Dancer// - Lexile 970 //Letters from a Slave Girl// - Lexile 880 __Short Stories__

__Poems__ "O Captain, My Captain" __Informational/Non-Fiction__ Lincoln: A Photobiography From Harriet Tubman Letter to Harriet Tubman

World War II
__Novels__ //Summer of My German Soldier//

__Short Stories__

__Poems__

__Informational/Non-Fiction__