For my final project I’ve decided to research and focus on the naturalist period. This period started in 1870 and lasted until 1910. Naturalism is a literary genre that started as a movement in the late nineteenth century in literature, film, theater, and art. It is a type of extreme realism. This movement suggested the roles of family, social conditions, and environment in shaping human character. Many famous naturalist American authors include people such as Mark Twain, Fredrick Douglas, Stephen Crane as well as many others. Along with the naturalism movement came the realism period as well. Realism focused on ordinary characters ordinary, everyday life situations.While doing research on children’s books that correlate to this period in american literature I came across a book I read when I was younger and I remembered how much I loved it. Although I am unsure if I will be using this as my final project book, I am strongly considering it. The book is called The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds. This book is about a young girl, Vashti, who is discouraged in her art class because she thinks that she cannot draw as well as everyone else in her class. With the help from her teacher who helps her grow her confidence, she is able to create something truly exciting for Vashti. She begins to create many art pieces and then inspires someone else by the end of the book. I feel like this period in literature would be a good choice to relate to the many different types of intelligences. This book can relate to many of the multiple intelligences people obtain.  Many activities and lessons could be planned with this book based off of the intelligences.