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Paper Instructions:

We have spent the last couple of weeks reading stories that are set during the periods before and after the Civil War. American literature was so heavily influenced by the culture and climate of the day.  
Look through your literature book and find a period of American history that interests you, but that you don’t know a lot about. 
Spend 1 day researching this period of time. Become as expert as you can in 1 hour.
Write a historical fiction piece, in the form of diary entries. Use dates and use more than 1 date.
Be careful that it is historically accurate, without getting bogged down with historical facts.
So you will create a fictional character who lived through and experienced the real historical period that you have selected. 
Guidelines

Double spaced
12 font, Times New Roman
1” margins
3 pages typed
I am including in the next entry in Buzz an article used in Creative Writing classes. It is about writing historical fiction, and it may help you in getting started and developing some of your ideas.  

This is relaxed and informal. You obviously do not need to use formal writing rules, and you will most likely use 1st person.  However, that does not mean you should be casual on your grammar and spelling.