Individual Assignment: The Role of Reality in Children's Literature
• Select one work of historical fiction or nonfiction aimed at children.
• Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper in which you do the following:
o Summarize the messages the work communicates relating to family and social values.
o Discuss the literary elements and structural devices used in the work.
o Discuss how the work signals that it is based in fact or history, not made up.
o Explain how the fact that this work is based in fact or history affects the power of these messages.
o Explain how the literary elements and the basis in fact or history relate. How do the facts or history shape the story? How does the desire to tell an effective story affect how much history or factual content comes through?
• Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines, using at least three additional sources.