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IN MY FATHER’S HOUSE FINAL PROJECT ACTIVITIES: Below is a list of activities to choose from. Each activity is assigned a certain point value. You need to choose and complete the activities that will give you a total possible score of 100 points. The points you receive out of 100 will be multiplied by two making the final project worth a total of 200 points. All projects will be briefly explained and presented to the class. All assignments requiring research must include a bibliography (noted below with a “B”) as well as in-text citations on all reports (noted below with an “I”). All work must be written in your own words. If you are quoting directly from the book, it must be in quotations and cited. If you are summing up information from any source, you must cite it. Plagiarism will not be tolerated in any way. The length of each written assignment must be long enough to cover the subject INDEPTH and reflect the point value assigned. You may complete other activities if you would like to receive more than the 100 percent possible. However, you may enrich your score no more than 30 points. ____ Write a song that you think might appeal to soldiers camped at the battlefront. Your song should have at least five verses and one chorus that repeats two times. Your song also needs to contain facts from an actual battle. (10 points) ____ Research pictures and descriptions of the fashionable dress for both men and women of the Civil War period, including military uniforms. Either draw illustrations or use a photocopier to create a fashion magazine of the time. Include written descriptions of the fashions. B (30 points) ____ Review the details of life on Oscie’s plantation. Then imagine that you are visiting Oscie in the early 1850’s. Write a letter home telling about the activities and lifestyle you are experiencing in Manassas. Be sure to give specific examples from the novel. The letter must be a minimum of 4 paragraphs. (40 points) ____ In your local library or on the internet, do some research to find letters, diary accounts, and photographs from the Civil War era. Try to find materials that help you better understand what the war experience was like for soldiers and for the loved ones they left behind. Then, use your materials to create an “up close and personal” view of the war—or if you wish, of a particular battle--by creating a collage with these materials. (10 points) ____ Research one of the Civil War battles in your library or on the internet. Then, write the script for an in-depth news report on this event. You may include accounts provided by eyewitnesses to these events, but these accounts must be historically accurate. Present your news report to the class, or videotape it and play the tape for your classmates. B (40 points) ____ Draw a character sketch of Oscie. Then, in some clear manner whether charting or describing, show how Oscie changes from the beginning of the novel to its end, emphasizing the episodes that contribute most to Oscie’s growth. (20 points) ____ Examine how the conceptions of growing up differ from culture to culture and from one generation to another. Some cultures require a rights of passage while others believe it happens at a certain age or accomplishment. Describe and discuss several of these concepts and the importance of having them in an essay. The essay must be a minimum of 5 paragraphs in length. B & I (100 points) ____ Create a timeline of the Civil War. Briefly describe, in your own words, each event and include pictures. B (20 points) ____ Pretend that you are a soldier in the Civil War and create a journal from your personal point of view. Be sure to include facts and details from actual battles. The journal must be a minimum of 4 paragraphs in length. B (30 points) ____ Choose an important person from the Civil War (the president, a general, an abolitionist, etc.) and write an autobiography about that person. Remember, autobiography means that the person writes the story about themselves, so you must pretend to be that person and write it from their point of view. Include actual events and facts. The “autobiography” must be a minimum of 6 paragraphs. B (100 points) ____ Make a word search using the names of generals and battle sites of the Civil War. (10 points) ____ Write an essay on the theme of In My Father’s House using quotes to support your ideas. The essay must be a minimum of 5 paragraphs in length. I (100 points) ____ Cooking meals for a family during Oscie’s era was much more difficult than it is now. Most everything was made from scratch including the butter, bread, deserts, and so on. Research recipes and how food was cooked from this era then cook a typical family meal and bring it in for the class to sample. Write a minimum of three paragraphs that discuss your findings and compare them to how we cook today. B & I (30 points) ____ Write an alternate ending for the novel. The ending must be equivalent to a minimum of 4 paragraphs. (30 points) ____ List five conflicts from the book. Describe the conflicts, what created them, and what the effects were. Provide a solution for each problem. (40 points) ____ Choose an important conversation between Oscie and Will, then write a diary entry Will might have after that conversation. The entry must be a minimum of 4 paragraphs. (30 points) ____ Mary Bowman teaches her children and grandchildren the Gettysburg Address. Write a dramatic monologue in which the elderly Mary talks to her grandchildren about why they should learn President Lincoln’s speech. The monologue must be equivalent to 4 paragraphs in length. (30 points) |