Today, our group determined that we would focus on narrative writing for our assignment. Also, we will be focusing on colonial times. We decided that we will use the trade books, Sarah Morton's Day, Samuel Eaton's Day, and Tapenum's Day to present different perspectives about how children lived on Plimouth Plantation and in the Wampanoag Village. We will then have students use these stories to write their own narratives as if they were a child in Plimouth Plantation or in a Wampanoag Village. We're hoping that this will help students to make personal connections to the history that they are learning.
I was able to use a similar project with my students last year, and I just adapted it to fit the standards for this assignment. The main addition was that of using a trade book before the assignment. I know that my students really enjoyed writing using a historical context last year, and I look forward to doing this new activity with them.
