Unit Project #2 requires students to role play assigned historic figures and write about their experiences.

In class on February 11 or 12, you will receive a photo frame containing a replica of an historic photo. You will be assigned to play the role of one of the people pictured. Your assignment is to write a set of 3 letters from the perspective of the person pictured in the photo frame. The goal is for you to imagine what life would have been like during the unfolding events of the Civil War.

You will begin writing your letters in class on February 11 or 12, and will begin writing the remaining letters in class on February 18 or 19 and February 23 or 24. On February 25 or 26 you will submit your completed letters.

Letters must be imaginative but they must also be historically accurate and reflect events occuring at the time of the Civil War.

To assist you in writing your letters, you may wish to read some real letters written during the Civil War. Visit the web site called the Valley of the Shadow which presents letters from supporters of the Union and supporters of the Confederacy from all years during the war.

To see the video clip about Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address, click here.
To see video clips about the Battle of Gettysburg, click these links:
Gettysburg Part #1
Gettysburg Part #2
Gettysburg Part #3
Gettysburg Part #4

This assignment is worth 100 pts. You must be present in class to complete the assignment.