Non fiction Project “write a historical fiction narrative”

For this project, you will be writing a historical fiction narrative.

You will conduct thorough research on an event in contemporary
American history (from after the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 to
present). Then, you will write an informative narrative­style essay
through the perspective of a fictional bystander, onlooker, or
participant.

Your project will include two parts:

3. An annotated bibliography of your research
4. A fictional narrative.

Part 1:

Your research must include eight separate sources. At least four of these sources must qualify as reliable,
meaning that they are published by a university, the government, an
objective news source, or are a primary source document. You must submit
an annotated bibliography as your Works Cited page. Each of your eight
entries must:

• Begin with an MLA citation.
• Include a summary of the information in the source.
• Include a discussion of how the information in this source informed your narrative.
• Be a minimum of 150 words in length.
  

  Part 2:
  

  Your essay will be a fictional historical narrative.
  In this unit, you read actual historical narratives from individuals
  who lived through an important historical time and wrote about their
  experiences. You will create a similar piece; however, you will use
  thorough research instead of personal experience to create your
  narrative.
  Your narrative essay will be informative in purpose.
  Your overall goal should be to describe the event in history that you
  researched. You will do this by creating a narrative essay through the
  perspective of a fictional person who witnessed the event. (Your
  fictional narrator may discuss the significance of this event if
  appropriate.)
  Your essay should be written from a first­-person point of view.
  You may choose to write it in­the­moment as the narrator experienced it
  or as a journal entry or letter to a friend or relative after the fact.
  The writing focus of your essay should be creating effective sensory details.
  Use sensory details to create the feeling that your narrator was
  actually there. You must create sensory details that appeal to at least four of the senses (touch, sound, sight, smell, or taste).
  This essay should be between 3­-5 pages (750­-1250 words) in length.