First Flight

A good way to bring in historical fiction to a class is to have a discussion about the Wright Brothers who are the two American's who created and invented the first successful airplane. This book is a historical fiction book about a young boy Tom Tate and the first flight of the airplane. It's a great book to learn a little bit more of the Wright Brothers in an interesting way. That's a great way to get students into history or topics that might not be their favorite, if they can find a book that has something that can relate to them.

An activity to do with the students is to have them all draw/make their own airplanes and to decorate them and to name all the pieces they can remember of the airplane.