Creative Historians Reflection
By: Lacey Andersen
This project was about imperialism in Africa. We first started by doing research on Africa in a hole and then we picked one country to focus deeper on. And we then did lots of research on our country and focused in one a historical event that we were interested in. Then wrought a short story in that time period and created a story that would maybe be for instance the story of a person that lived in the time of the historical event. And to get more information about our country we conducted an interview with someone that had lived in our country for an extended amount of time to give us more insight about the country.
I think the strongest literary element in my story was historical integration.
“I get up in the morning and can see my dad looking out at the sky and land like he does every morning. I could see an unusual look in his face almost a worry. I have only noticed this since the Germans made us grow cotton for them. The Germans have taken over all of Tanzania. They came here for the resources, and there way of getting the resources is making us grow these cash crops for them.”
This really helped in my story by explaining the situation better and how it actually happened in the historical event. It helped me explain what the locals were feeling but as well why they were feeling what they did.
In my story I was having a hard time with past and present tense.
“I get up in the morning and can see my dad looking out at the sky and land like he does every morning and then I would ask him what the clouds were looking like”
I was having hard time with past and present time because when I wrote my story I was not shore if it was going to be placed in the present moment or the past. I overcame this by one deciding if I wanted it to be past or present then going back through my whole story when I was done and changing it to all be the same.
One of the big changes or revisions I made was changing the past and present tense in my whole story. This helped my story by making it more clear for the reader. The second thing was adding more attitude and internal struggles to the young girl in my story. This helped build a more rounded character as well as give the story a deeper depth and personal connection.
This project was about imperialism in Africa. We first started by doing research on Africa in a hole and then we picked one country to focus deeper on. And we then did lots of research on our country and focused in one a historical event that we were interested in. Then wrought a short story in that time period and created a story that would maybe be for instance the story of a person that lived in the time of the historical event. And to get more information about our country we conducted an interview with someone that had lived in our country for an extended amount of time to give us more insight about the country.
I think the strongest literary element in my story was historical integration.
“I get up in the morning and can see my dad looking out at the sky and land like he does every morning. I could see an unusual look in his face almost a worry. I have only noticed this since the Germans made us grow cotton for them. The Germans have taken over all of Tanzania. They came here for the resources, and there way of getting the resources is making us grow these cash crops for them.”
This really helped in my story by explaining the situation better and how it actually happened in the historical event. It helped me explain what the locals were feeling but as well why they were feeling what they did.
In my story I was having a hard time with past and present tense.
“I get up in the morning and can see my dad looking out at the sky and land like he does every morning and then I would ask him what the clouds were looking like”
I was having hard time with past and present time because when I wrote my story I was not shore if it was going to be placed in the present moment or the past. I overcame this by one deciding if I wanted it to be past or present then going back through my whole story when I was done and changing it to all be the same.
One of the big changes or revisions I made was changing the past and present tense in my whole story. This helped my story by making it more clear for the reader. The second thing was adding more attitude and internal struggles to the young girl in my story. This helped build a more rounded character as well as give the story a deeper depth and personal connection.