Book Detail

Fever 1793

Publication Information
Author:  Anderson, Laurie Halse Illustrator:  
Title:  Fever 1793 Date:  2000
Publisher:  Simon and Schuster City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:   ISBN, hardback:  0-689-84891-9

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:  
Family:   Yes Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:  

General Information:
Book Type(s):    historical fiction

HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies

Summary:
This is a very compelling fictionalization of life for one teenaged girl, her family, and her friends during the yellow fever outbreak in Philadelphia in 1793.

Teaching Ideas:
Teachers may want to pair this book with Jim Murphy's nonfiction account in An American Plague, comparing the facts and the genre. Occasional log entries could focus on Mattie's concerns, for they certainly change over the course of the book. Issues related to who helps [and why] and who doesn't [and why] might be interesting for discussion or writing as are what makes a 'family,' how Mattie 'comes of age,' and the impact of the epidemic on society. Actually, this is such a gripping book that it would work well in literature circle format. Also,scenes could be selected for adaption for Readers Theater.

Teaching Strategies:
bullet Book Conversations
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/book_conversations.pdf
bullet Literature Circles
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/lit_circles.pdf
bullet Reader's Theater
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/readers_theater.pdf
bullet Sketch to Stretch
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/sketch_stretch.pdf
bullet Unsent Letters
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/unsent_letters.pdf

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > coming-of-age
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > death
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > determination/perseverance
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > human strength
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > loss
bullet History > region > U.S. history > founding of the country > early American life
bullet Social Studies > sociology > social issues > epidemics
bullet Science > medicine > diseases
bullet Communities > historical


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