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 “Historical narratives are stories about main characters, events, and ideas from a particular time period.These narratives are based on historical facts, but the information is woven into a story in a way that personalizes history.” Source: Document It! - Teaching with Primary Sources by the Fairfield Museum and History Center (www.fairfieldhs.org).2010

=Writing Elements= Focus on achieving each of the following components in each of your writing submissions.


 * ** Author’s Style/Point of View ** - My blog post is written through the strong voice of the narrator, in first or third person. The post has personality and shows how my character thinks and feels. It sounds like a real person from the past.


 * ** Historical Evidence ** - The historical content (setting, characters, and events) of the blog post are accurate and the facts of the past are incorporated smoothly into the story.


 * ** Story Elements ** - My blog post brings the time and place my character lived alive and vividly describes his/her experiences and values.


 * ** Organization ** - My blog post is clear and easy to follow.The writing is very fluent and unified.


 * ** Conventions ** - My blog post contains correct grammar, capitals, spelling, and punctuation.


 * ** Components ** - My blog post properly contains all the required elements that have been assigned.

= Writing Process =

Step 1 - Works Cited
Provide an authoritative basis for your story by maintaining a works cited of your historical research. Use the instructions below to properly format and submit your research.


 * Source (MLA format)
 * Topic
 * Research (Facts, Thoughts, Quotes)
 * All research must be posted to your HFC wik portfolio page
 * Your research may be in bullets or in an outline format.
 * Excerpts from a book **MUST** include a page number.
 * The information associated with each source **MUST** be independently listed.
 * **DO NOT** combine research from different sources together and then place your MLA citation at the beginning or end of your research.
 * HFC Research Sample

Step 2 - Story Plot & Story Theme
Outline the beginning, middle, and end of your character's story using the elements of [|Freytag’s Pyramid.] The format can be either a Roman Numeral outline or a listing of the elements of Freytag's Pyramid with short descriptions written in complete sentences. Your **story theme** (see below under "Story Themes") explains in one or two sentences how your story will address the assigned theme.


 * Post your story plot and theme underneath the research you conducted in Step 1.

**Sample**


 * **Exposition**: New York, 1775. Jack Williams, the main character, is a local fisherman who is fed up with British ruling.
 * **Rising Action**: People are getting heated up about the British. Battle start to break off which eventually leads to a war.
 * **Crisis**: Jack and his best friend Landon fight as minutemen in the war. They wanted to fight because of their beliefs on independence.
 * **Climax**: His best friend, a fellow fisherman, gets shot bad and falls to his death in the snow during the Battle of Brooklyn.
 * **Falling Action**: Jack carries his friend’s dead body back to the river in which they fish out of. He then dumps him into the river and says goodbye.
 * **Dénouement**: Jack resigns from the army and America eventually wins.
 * **Story Theme:** I want the reader to know how war can make people second guess their beliefs back in that time from a social standpoint.

Step 3 - Product Submission
Submit your historical narrative keeping in mind the writing elements listed above.

= Story Themes =

**American Revolution**
Write a series of historical narrative accounts that are geared towards // describing either the economic, political, or social/cultural impacts // of the American Revolution on your historical fiction character.

Example: //**I want the reader to know how the American Revolution affected slaves and that many decided to join the war to gain their own freedom, so my entries have to do with social impacts.**//

Example: //** I want the reader to know how war can make people second guess their beliefs back in that time from a social standpoint. **//

Example: //**My story will reveal the political, and social impact the American Revolution had on the life of my character because it shows how opinionated and motivated the Loyalists and Patriots were and how far they would go to prove a point no matter how much it may take.**//

Due Dates


 * 12/3 - Posting #1
 * 12/10 - Posting #2
 * 12/17 - Posting #3

=Armstrong Historical Fiction Awards=

The following students are recognized for their outstanding achievement in historical fiction writing and for advancing historical imagination.

Topic - American Revolution 2nd Period


 * Jonah C.
 * Matthew H.
 * Daphne N.
 * Kenan P.

5th Period


 * Elizabeth D
 * Ciara P.

7th Period


 * Vanessa G.
 * Julia H.
 * Starr I.
 * William M.
 * Sara S.