Fascinating read! I think about this a lot, but from a slightly different angle - as a history teacher.
There is a lot of historical fiction that plays fast-and-loose with the truth. I'm usually okay with this (anything to get folks interested!), but I've been thinking about the harm this could do to those who experienced the history and their descendants.
Definitely! I’m a (former) elementary school teacher so I see things from a similar angle too. Getting people interested in reading is paramount, but balancing that with leading them to literature the really digs into the truth of human experience is also key. Thanks for reading (and sharing)!
Fascinating read! I think about this a lot, but from a slightly different angle - as a history teacher.
There is a lot of historical fiction that plays fast-and-loose with the truth. I'm usually okay with this (anything to get folks interested!), but I've been thinking about the harm this could do to those who experienced the history and their descendants.
Definitely! I’m a (former) elementary school teacher so I see things from a similar angle too. Getting people interested in reading is paramount, but balancing that with leading them to literature the really digs into the truth of human experience is also key. Thanks for reading (and sharing)!