Child-Sized History: Fictions of the Past in U.S. Classrooms

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1 Classroom Entry 11 2 Indians Mythic and Human 35 3 War Novels 71 4 Black and White 99 5 Historical Fiction in the Classroom 131 Afterword: Pedagogical Possibilities 159 Appendix A: Nationwide Trends in Middle-Grade Historical Fiction 179 Appendix B: Historical Sources Discussed in Pedagogy Charts 185 Notes 187 Bibliography 219 Index 245 ...