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Sunday, November 30, 2014
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Reconstruction Poetry Assignment using Primary Sources
- Primary Source: Read Letter from an African American citizens of Wilmington to the President. Turn the letter into a 16 line song or poem. An advanced Poem or song will be longer than 16 lines and will incorporate other themes, concepts, and events from the Reconstruction Period during US History.
- Music for your song - "Moth" by Silent Partner. Free via the YouTube Audio Library.
- additional source material - Murder of "Chicken" Stephens
Monday, October 27, 2014
Civil War Primary Source Work
Wed-Fri (10/29-31) - 12 Years A Slave Film
Mon-Fri (11/3-7)
Civil War Primary Source Work:
What is a primary source? It is an artifact, a document, a recording, or other source of information that was created at the time under study.Read one of the following primary sources and...
- adapt the primary source into an 8 pane comic ...or...
- write a three paragraph response to the letter. Assume the role of the person that received the letter. Write your response from the recipients perspective.
Primary Sources from learnnc.org:
- UNC students asks to sign up to fight for the Confederacy in The Civil War (letter to father)
- A Soldier from NC Marches into the North (letter to mother)
- A Soldier's letter to his daughter
- A Soldier discusses those who have died (letter to wife)
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