Historical Fiction Time Periods

Historical Fiction Writing: Time Period/ Event Great Depression/ Dust Bowl

Year 1929-1939

Resources: http://www.american-historama.org/1929-1945-depr ession-ww2-era/dust-bowl.htm http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/lange/ http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/dustbowl/bios/dorothe a-lange/ http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/dustbowl/interactive/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csnY0Tnvdj8

Civil Rights

1950s-1960s

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/07/us/gallery/iconic-civ il-rights/ http://photos.state.gov/galleries/usinfo-photo/39/civil _rights_07/1.html http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_rights/african -american_civil_rights_movement.php http://embed.verite.co/timeline/?source=0Av8RB1C nByREdDQ4a05Fbjc0RjZ5VHdwT3UxY0pSaVE&fo nt=Bevan-PotanoSans&maptype=toner&lang=en&h eight=650 http://www.archives.gov/press/exhibits/dream-spee ch.pdf http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/LH8F_0Mzv0 e6Ro1yEm74Ng.aspx http://dubois.fas.harvard.edu/sites/all/files/JFK%20 Civil%20Rights%20Speech%20June%2011,%2019 63.pdf

World War II

1939-1945

http://www.nationalww2museum.org/learn/educatio n/for-students/ww2-history/overview.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/world_ war2/

http://www.ushmm.org/learn/timeline-of-events/befo re-1933 http://www.ushmm.org/learn/mapping-initiatives/hol ocaust-history-animated-maps/ http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?Mod uleId=10007681 http://www.ngkids.co.uk/history/world-war-two Immigration

1800s

http://www.kidinfo.com/american_history/industrial_ revolution.html http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/ http://www.american-historama.org/1881-1913-mat uration-era/us-immigration-laws-history.htm http://www.american-historama.org/1881-1913-mat uration-era/ellis-island-history-facts.htm http://www.history.com/topics/ellis-island http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/y oung_immigrants/

Westward Expansion/ Pioneers

1846-1848

http://www.blm.gov/or/oregontrail/education-kids-tra il.php http://www.american-historama.org/1841-1850-west ward-expansion/westward-expansion.htm http://www.america101.us/trail/Native.html http://www.scholastic.com/teachdearamerica/westw ard.htm http://www.kidinfo.com/american_history/pioneers.h tml http://www.america101.us/trail/Facts.html http://www.blm.gov/or/oregontrail/education-kids-tra il.php

Civil War

1861-1865

http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/images/ http://www.ducksters.com/history/facts_about_the_ civil_war.php http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/civil-war-o verview/overview.html http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/civil-war-o verview/northandsouth.html http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/primarysou rces/gettysburg-address.html http://www.civilwarletters.com/letters_toc.html