Unit 3

After Confederation

Skill Check

Practice Your Skills: Read and Write Historical Fiction

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Historical fiction can help us experience the past. Authors write about real places and real events, but they make up the details of the story.

1. Read the steps on page 196 of the textbook, which explain how historical fiction authors write stories.
   
   
   • Choose a topic
   • Research
   • Planning
   • Writing and Editing
   
   Most importantly, writers want to research events in history and use some facts and details from the time period.


2. Read a historical fiction story by P. Ledrew about settlers at the following link:  Shortbread Stories - The Settler.