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A Land Remembered:A Land Remembered:

You will be working on this collaborative You will be working on this collaborative book project in your Language Arts class book project in your Language Arts class and your US History class. and your US History class.

First you will create your journal that you First you will create your journal that you will decorate with your character of your will decorate with your character of your choice: Tobias, Glenda, Emma, Zech, choice: Tobias, Glenda, Emma, Zech, Skillit and Frog or Bonzo. This journal Skillit and Frog or Bonzo. This journal will be written from the character’s will be written from the character’s perspective and should tell their side of perspective and should tell their side of the story.the story.

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You will add an annotated map on the You will add an annotated map on the back cover of your journal and use the back cover of your journal and use the text to add key points of the map. text to add key points of the map. Include the information in the book, Include the information in the book, key battles of the Civil War and notes key battles of the Civil War and notes and travels that happen in the story. and travels that happen in the story.

This should be glued to the back inside This should be glued to the back inside cover of your character journal.cover of your character journal.

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You will work in a team to You will work in a team to create a project that focuses on create a project that focuses on one of the following themes: one of the following themes: survival, nature, change, loss survival, nature, change, loss and racial tension. You must and racial tension. You must link key events from the text to link key events from the text to the theme and explain that the theme and explain that connection.connection.

Themes in A Land Themes in A Land Remembered Remembered

THEMETHEME: A central idea or statement : A central idea or statement that unifies and controls an entire that unifies and controls an entire literary work. literary work.

Struggle for Survival/ ResilienceStruggle for Survival/ Resilience Exploitation of NatureExploitation of Nature ChangeChange LossLoss Racial TensionsRacial Tensions

Struggle for Survival/ Struggle for Survival/ ResilienceResilience

The MacIveys The MacIveys move from Georgia move from Georgia to Floridato Florida

What did they do What did they do for food?for food?

What did others do What did others do for food?for food?

Exploitation of Exploitation of NatureNature

Industrial Industrial developmentdevelopment

Sol MacIvey’s Sol MacIvey’s rolerole

Viewpoints: Viewpoints: Tobias vs. Zech Tobias vs. Zech vs. Solvs. Sol

GreedGreed

ChangeChange Changes in Changes in

characterscharacters How things used to How things used to

be, the “good ole be, the “good ole days”days”

Resistance to changeResistance to change

LossLoss

DeathDeath

NatureNature

TimeTime

Racial TensionsRacial Tensions Skillit and the Skillit and the

former slave former slave populationpopulation

Seminole IndiansSeminole Indians

Tawanda and her Tawanda and her communitycommunity

Theme Tracking Theme Tracking ActivityActivity

1.1. You will be divided into 6 groups You will be divided into 6 groups and each group will be assigned a and each group will be assigned a theme.theme.

2.2. You will meet in our theme You will meet in our theme tracking group three times during tracking group three times during the reading of the novel. One third the reading of the novel. One third of the way into the reading, then of the way into the reading, then two thirds of the way into the two thirds of the way into the reading and at the very end.reading and at the very end.

Theme Tracking Activity, Theme Tracking Activity, Cont’dCont’d

3. 3. In your groups, you will come up with In your groups, you will come up with as many examples from the story, as many examples from the story, including incidents and quotes, that including incidents and quotes, that show the development of your theme.show the development of your theme.

4. 4. At the end of the novel you will create a At the end of the novel you will create a pictorial representation of your theme pictorial representation of your theme and include the quotes and incidents and include the quotes and incidents on the poster tracing the development on the poster tracing the development of the them from beginning to end. of the them from beginning to end.

Theme Tracking Activity, Theme Tracking Activity, Cont’dCont’d How you will be assessedHow you will be assessed…..…..

Explain your theme topic.Explain your theme topic. You must include at least three quotes from You must include at least three quotes from

the book with explanations.the book with explanations. Make connections of the theme to Florida’s Make connections of the theme to Florida’s

role in the Civil War.role in the Civil War. Include one relevant page entry from your Include one relevant page entry from your

journal. journal. Summary of key events connected to your Summary of key events connected to your

theme (minimum of four events).theme (minimum of four events).