For the remainder of the semester, you will maintain a journal by assuming the identity of a person living during the American Civil War.  You will maintain this character throughout your journal entries.  While keeping the historical integrity of the time period, you are free to be creative with your entries.  You will name your character and decide where they are from within the boundaries of the character itself.  Each entry will need to be one page long.  You will be graded on originality, length, and how you tie in the war with your entries.  Your journals need to be about the topic given, but should not repeat the notes that you are given in class.   These journals require thought and need to be presented as if you were keeping a journal of today's time.  When journals are assigned, click on your character to find out the journal topic.  Your choices of characters are as follows:

 

 

Male Options

 

Northern School Boy/Union Soldier

 

Southern Farm Boy/Confederate Soldier

 

Son of a Plantation owner/Confederate Soldier

 

 

 

Female Options

 

Southern Belle

 

Northern Girl/Union Nurse

 

Southern Girl/Confederate Nurse

 

 

Female Soldiers

 

Southern Girl/Confederate Soldier

 

Northern Girl/Union Soldier