Historical Fiction?
Historical Fiction sounds like an oxymoron to me. History should be facts and fiction means something that is made up. Historical fiction is actually defined as the story of the world and its people and of cultures that rise and fall across time. They tell the stories of history, imaginative narratives, grounded in the facts of our past. 
A great book that is historical fiction that I read in my 5th grade classroom is Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan. This book is part of the fifth grade common core. It is a book that teaches social studies as well as ELA.
I like the graphic organizer you used to present information on historical genre. I plan on using it in my classroom!
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