Slave Unit Projects Due Dec. Wed. 15 P2, P5, P7 and Thurs. Dec.-16 P3 and P8— Historical Fiction Slave Journals

Take that Time Machine back to 1792. Choose one of these and keep a written, pictorial, poetic or other creative journal of a three week period (or longer*).

——Cartoon strip, with dialogue
——Diary Entries
——Poetry Entries
——PowerPoint (PP)
——Video submissions
You can mix and match if you wish.


Ex:
Week 1 Date, Setting—Cartoon Strip of at least two pages with up to nine panels

Week 2 “ “—Daily Journal Entries (tell your readers where you are and what’s going on)

Week 3 “ “ —Poem of the Day which depicts what’s going on in YOUR world

—painting illustrations, drawings or other visual representations*
—PowerPoints outlining all the above*
—Video interpretations*

—* Optional representations of your weekly journals

Settings may change and expand as far into the future as Dec. 10, 1870. This means, while your first entries will start in 1792, the subsequent entries should span the months or decades following.


1. Taking a hint from news of the recent Haitian Slave Revolts, you are someone of your choosing in Maryland, Georgia or any other state of choice.
a. Choose your character
i. Leader of revolt in your state
ii. Participant of revolt, plantation
iii. Slaveowner
iv. Merchant (think “Amistad” mutiny)
v. Wife/daughter, teacher on or near plantation
vi. Abolitionist
vii. Pro-Slave Lawyer
viii. any other character of your choosing (with my approval)

2. Create a pictorial weekly journal—Cartoon your weeks out in 6-9 panel illustrations
a. Follow all instructions from 1a.

3. Create a Poetry Journal
a. Follow all instructions from 1a.



4. Create a combination of all these and more
a. Follow all instructions from 1a.

5. Video or PP presentation
a. Follow all instructions from 1a.



For those planning a PP or video presentation, be sure to save all projects on compatible programs which can be opened at MHSHS. Before you get too far into one of these, do a test run to be sure your hard work will be accessible.

All work should include some FACTUAL information from any of the materials, research or History/American Lit. Class materials studied. Download a Timeline to better understand what else was happening during your years on journal.

Each week’s work represents 100 points for a total of 300 points due by Dec. 15-16.
1st Weekly Check Friday, December 3 = 100 points (all classes)
2nd Weekly Check Friday, December 10 = 100 points (all classes)
3rd Weekly Check Wednesday, December 15 - P2, P5 and P7 = 100 points
and Thursday, December 16 - P3 and P8 = 100 points

Presentations To be Announced.