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THE GLORY FIELD 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) ____ Imagine that you have been asked to explain the negative effects of segregation and hate to a group of first-graders. Write a brief story that presents this idea in the format of a children’s book. If you wish, you may personify the ideas you are explaining—that is, you can give them human qualities. (50 points) ____ Write a memoir in which Lizzie recalls her most cherished memories of the Lewis Family. The memoir must be a minimum of 3 paragraphs. (20 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 any of the characters in the novel. Then, in some clear manner whether charting or describing, show how they change from the beginning of the novel to its end, emphasizing the episodes that contribute most to their growth. (20 points) ____ Several people in The Glory Field make decisions that violate the law. Imagine you are one of these characters’ defending attorney and write your closing argument for the jury. Be sure to include the charge or charges, facts about the case, and why the character is innocent. The case must be a minimum of 4 paragraphs long. B (40 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. Choose one that requires a ceremony and recreate this ceremony for the class. B & I (100 points) ____ Create a timeline of the Lewis family major events. Briefly describe each event. (20 points) ____ Create a scrapbook that Jennie might have started when she and Tommy were in high school together, and that she kept adding to through the 1994 Lewis family reunion on Curry Island. The scrapbook must include mementos, sketches, “photos,” quotations, and notes that mark important events in Jennie’s life and in the Lewis family saga. (30 points) ____ Choose an accomplished African American mentioned in the novel, such as W.E.B. Du Bois, Marian Anderson, Jackie Robinson, Madam C.J. Walker, or Malcom X and write an autobiography about them. 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) ____ Write Miss Etta’s letter to Elijah, stating her reasons why he should allow Luvenia to stay in Chicago. The letter must be a minimum of 4 paragraphs in length. (30 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 The Glory Field using quotes to support your ideas. I (100 points) ____ Write a research paper on the Great Depression. Be sure to discuss causes, effects, and sharecropping. The essay must be a minimum of 5 paragraphs in length. 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) ____ There are many types of music mentioned in The Glory Field, from spiritual and gospel, to code songs, ragtime, blues, and jazz. Research the progression of African American music from the slave ships to modern times. The essay must be a minimum of 5 paragraphs. B & I (100 points) ____ Prices and wages have drastically changed over the centuries. Research then chart or graph the average prices of particular food items, wages, cost of housing, and cost of clothing throughout the different time periods covered by the novel. B (40 points) ____ Identify any two discriminatory laws, rules, or practices described in the novel. Describe how each affects a member of the Lewis family. The description must be a minimum of 2 paragraphs in length. (10 points) ____ Explain how each of the following characters gets strength from knowing the Lewis family’s history: Lizzie Lewis, Elijah Lewis, and Tommy Lewis. Support your views with quotes from the story. The project must be a minimum of 3 paragraphs in length. I (40 points) ____ At the end of the novel, the Lewises have decided to convert their farmlands to a resort. Consult the novel for details about the planned resort and create a travel brochure to attract visitors. (10 points) ____ Create a three-dimensional map of Curry Island. Recreate the site of the former Live Oaks plantation house, the Glory Field, the Lewis family’s other holdings, the church and cemetery, and the small offshore islands where Elijah and Abby sailed and fished. (20 points) ____ Research the Gullah culture of the islands off the Carolina coast. Write a feature article for a magazine such as National Geographic, describing the characteristics of this culture and showing its West African roots. The article must be a minimum of 5 paragraphs in length. B & I (100 points) |