Assignment

Background: One way to learn history is to put yourself in another's shoes. In this course, you will develop a historical character and experience American history through the eyes and ears of this character. Your character can be any age, race, gender, or ethnicity you like. Because your character is magical, he or she will move through time and space to the different time periods we will discuss without aging (if only we could do that in real life!). As we progress through the course, you will write about his or her experiences in America and your final project will be based on this character so choose carefully!

Directions: For this assignment, you will develop a description of your historical character details. In addition to age, race, and gender, you may want to include other details about your character, such as:

• upbringing and relationship to parents and siblings
• strengths and weaknesses
• occupation or favorite ways of passing the time
• likes and dislikes

While these traits are optional, they may help you in subsequent assignments. Your description should be approximately 300 words (1 page).