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Historical Narrative : Assignment overview:

Fictional Historical Narrative Assignment

Your goal is to successfully compose a historical narrative(diary) that reflects the actual time period and customs/beliefs of those who lived and died in Early Colonial America. You can look back at notes, videos, and previously read pieces (The World on the Turtle’s Back, Verses Upon a Burning House…, To My Dear and Loving Husband, Half-Hanged Mary, and Young Goodman Brown, etc.) for inspiration, direction, and reference for your diary entries. Due to the fact that this is a fictional historical narrative, you will have to research important information in order to make your account as believable as possible to the reader. Basically, you are imagining that you are a person living during the times we have studied in class and describing a piece of your life.

Format

Learning tool on Historical Narrative from Person education

Things to consider: 

  • Historical event
  • Current event
  • Values
  • Economy
  • Daily life/Culture
  • Imagine yourself living in that time and place

Early Colonial America Events

Include one of the following events from Early Colonial America:

1. Roanoke Colony

2. first “Thanksgiving”

3. King Phillips War

4.Salem Witch Trials

5.New York Slave Revolt

6. Stono Rebellion

7.French and Indian War

Also include

  • Must include at least 1 actual person from the event that you chose.
  • Must include 5 researched facts (APA in-text citations) about the event chosen.
  • Must be written in 1st Person
  • Must include at least 3-6 diary entries with dates.
  • Must include at least 2 different characters besides yourself and someone from the event you chose. (4 total characters)
  • Must follow the plot diagram and have an exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution throughout the diary entries.
  • Must include 3 pieces of figurative language

 

Grading Rubric: 5- Exceptional 4- Skilled 3- Proficient 2- Developing 1- Inadequate

Fictional Historical Narrative Rubric

_____ /5 Focus: The fictional historical narrative focuses on a specific event with the character requirements and with point of view well established.

_____ /5 Development: The fictional historical narrative is developed with 5 researched and cited facts, a clear understanding of the studied time period (Early Colonial America), and at least 3 elements of figurative language.

_____ /5 Organization: The fictional historical narrative is logically sequenced; and follow the plot diagram.

_____ /5 Conventions: The fictional historical narrative uses Standard English language conventions with precise language, fitting details, is 3 pages long, and correctly formatted.

_____ /5 Conclusion: The fictional historical narrative has a finished feel and solution matches realistic time period event/customs/beliefs.

_____/25

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