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4 April 1560

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In addition to having fun, the purpose of this assignment is to help you get inside the mindset of Renaissance times, which stand as the backdrop to Romeo and Juliet. You will invent or choose and then become a Renaissance character. Your character will keep a diary of the events that happen in his/her life as well as in the kingdom (more on that later). Your character will also write letters and interact with other characters in the kingdom. Our freshmen class will become the kingdom of Ytic Glen, Brick Toweshire and/or Lihawking Rock. Assume these kingdoms are somewhere in the United Kingdom, and it is the year 1560. That should help narrow your focus (and research).

The Basics : Conventions of the Role Play The kingdom—and even the royalty—is ultimately under the rule of Goddess Bee. The kingdom will have a king and a queen chosen by Goddess Bee. The King and Queen cannot be deposed. No character can kill, maim or imprison another character without specific reason and advance permission from Goddess Bee. Goddess Bee will deliver all personal letters and will keep the sender’s identity secret as needed. She will also, however, censor any unkind or inappropriate letters.

Fun Tip #2: Form Connections As we share our letters in classes or between classes, try to integrate the story ideas that interest you from others’ journals into your own journal. Form families of characters, create public or secret relationships and craft alliances or pacts appropriate to your character. In previous years, this has been quite fun! We’ve had authentic Renaissance weddings, plagues, quack cures, secret affairs, hidden royalty…the only limit is your imagination and research!

Fun Tip #1: Characters You might be a pauper or a nobleman, a thief or an executioner. You might choose a lowly monk or a goofy jester, a drunk playwright or a serving-wench. You could become Roger the Shrubber, Juliet’s lady-in-waiting, Isabeau long-separated from her lover—or the evil Bishop of Aquila that keeps her that way.

Renaissance Role Play

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Role Play Part II

Example

Letters • May not be on lined paper

• Must be addressed with the name of

the addressee (character and kingdom name)

• Must be labeled clearly “Private” or

“Public”

Elizabeth of Dira Ytic Glen

Private

Writing a letter Elizabethans usually started their letters with a greeting that expressed the position of the writer in relationship to the position of the person to whom they were writing as well as a blessing of some kind:

To my beloved sister, my kindest wishes for a full recovery from your recent illness… To my honored Lord and Reigning Duke, most respectful greetings… To my faithful servant, thankful that you are able in body and mind…

And they usually ended their letters with some reference to the content of the letter as well as the date and place of writing:

Therefore I beseech you to remember Jane in your prayers and I commit us all to God’s protection until you see your loving daughter, Elizabeth Shropshire, 2 January, 1596

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Map Of Role-Play Kingdoms

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Journal Specifics

Your renaissance character will keep a diary or journal during the unit. In the journal, you will keep track of the happenings in your Kingdom and the events in your character's life. In addition to this creative work, your character diary is also your opportunity to USE and APPLY the research you have done in creating your character. An example of a journal entry is on the next page. Therefore, once you have completed your "character," you need to purchase or make a journal and begin your writing. We will have limited in-class time for journaling, so a big responsibility weighs on your shoulders outside of class.

Fun Tip #3: Authenticity & Creativity Make your letters and journals authentic. Try calligraphy or illuminated letters, burn the edges of the paper for the “old” look. Stain paper with tea to make it look like parchment. Use sealing wax and imprinting stamps. Send scrolls.

One year, a student wrote each journal entry on the leaf of a cloth plant. He then brought in the whole plant—pot and all—to hand in as his “journal.” Another year, a student sealed each entry individually and put it in its own bottle—she handed in a basket full of bottles. A court herald might write all his journal entries on a flag, whereas a peasant…you get the idea.

Journal Requirements Your journal should include all or nearly all of the following information—these topics will look familiar from your research notes!

• Description of yourself, your home, your family, your environment, including your dwelling place

• An explanation of how or why you are keeping this journal, particularly if you are “supposed” to be illiterate

• Your daily activities (work, home life, leisure) • Your religious practice and habits • A description of weddings, births, deaths, illnesses, and other

events in the kingdom--and how those events impact you • A description of the events in your own life • A description of festivities, holidays, etc. • A description of the food you eat and how you eat it. • A description of the clothes you wear and how you wear them • Monarchs, Nobility and Gentry only: Your genealogy/family tree

& background and your coat of arms, with all the significant components, colors and shapes identified.

You may talk about topics more than once—if you’ve already talked about one holiday, maybe you talk about another—or if you talked about the food you ate on one night, talk about a different food you ate another night. You should also follow the rules of language that you wrote about in your research notes. Your journal should have one entry for each day of the role play, or 10 entries total.

Renaissance Journal

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What is it?

Each person is responsible for creating an artifact from Elizabethan life and times. These artifacts will be displayed during the Festival. Your artifact might be a thing you make—or it might be a live-action demonstration of some kind. WARNING: Creating an artifact may require additional research!

Fun Tip #4 The more energy you put into your artifact, the more fun our festival will be. In past years, people have made torture devices and model houses, grown “healing herb” gardens and sewn authentic dresses. Others have performed Shakespeare, demonstrated fencing, funerals, calligraphy, jousting, you name it! I have lots of samples/photos to show you to get you started.

Renaissance Artifact Project

Requirements • You must submit a project proposal one month in advance (attached to

this packet). That proposal is due April 28th. • You must create/practice your artifact outside of school hours. • Your artifact must be based on genuine research and understanding of the

time period and should replicate something authentic.

• If your artifact is A PRODUCT or FOOD, you must bring your artifact to my room on the morning of the Renaissance Festival.

• If your artifact is LIVE ACTION (performance/demonstration), you must

arrange your “time” with me in advance.

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Artifact Ideas

Creative • Make something typical of the time period and sell it at market (ex: lace goods). • Make a costume for yourself. Mrs. B can help you find a good pattern locally. • Make a coat of arms for your character. • Create a book of remedies for different ailments. • Create a display of healing herbs and explain how they were used. • Create a replica of a Renaissance garden (either in small pots or in model form). • Learn a service from the Book of Common Prayer and stage it: funeral, baptism, wedding. • Create all the accoutrements a bride would have carried at her wedding and display them. • Make cardboard versions of farm implements. • Create a torture device. • Stage a beheading. • Learn a scene from a play of the time period and perform it with props and strong acting. • Build a castle from the era, a peasant home, a great home—any architectural design from this

era. • Create a memorial to all the people lost in your village and explain what illnesses took them. • Create the equipment a knight would have used and display/wear it at the festival. Practical • Learn and demonstrate fencing moves, using correct equipment and technique; give lessons to

people at the festival. Create a poster to help you demonstrate. • Learn and perform a piece of Renaissance music. • Make the equipment for a joust and host a demonstration. • Study calligraphy from the time and teach lessons to others. • Learn a Renaissance dance and teach others and then perform it for the audience at the festival.

Analytical • Research superstitions from the time and display your findings on a tri fold or in a pamphlet. • Research artists and artwork in Elizabethan England and display your findings on a tri fold or

in a pamphlet. • Research a daily life topic in more depth and create a tri fold or a pamphlet • Write an explication essay based on the speech you explicated for Romeo & Juliet. Mrs. B can

talk more with you about how to write an explication.

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Renaissance, Romeo, & Juliet 2011 Calendar

The calendar is subject to change for particular days, but by and large we will follow this plan as if our lives depended on it. On the next page, I’ve provided a checklist—which may be preferable for some of you, based on how you tend to think about things. All the major due dates are on that checklist as well.

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Renaissance Responsibility Checklist

Journal & Role Play I chose my character’s name and created an identity for my character based on

the status I got when I rolled the dice.

I have participated in the research sessions IN CLASS April 6-15.

I have completed my character research sheet due April 15.

I have taken notes on the events in my kingdom each day of the role play (see calendar).

I have written ten journal entries. Each of them incorporates my character’s life and the research I did (see example in Renaissance Packet). We will work on this IN CLASS May 4, 5 and 6.

I have made my physical journal as creatively as possible (for ideas see Journal handout in Renaissance Packet).

I handed in my journal. DUE FRIDAY MAY 13.

Artifact

I chose an artifact that matches my learning style, and I got it approved by my parents. See the Artifact Idea Sheet in your Renaissance packet for ideas.

I have thought through and planned my artifact project, writing out my plans on my proposal. DUE THURSDAY APRIL 28

I spent time outside of class working on my artifact project.

Add a list of specific steps toward completing your artifact project here, if you like: o _________________________________________________ o _________________________________________________ o _________________________________________________ o _________________________________________________

I handed in my artifact project, based on authentic research by the day of the

festival, FRIDAY MAY 27.

Explication I have signed up for a monologue/speech, _________________.

I have followed the instructions on my explication assignment sheet completely. We will work on these in class April 19, 20 and 21. They are DUE APRIL 22.

I read aloud my monologue when we got to it in class, and I explained it to my classmates to help them understand it.

Because these are major, long-term projects, there is no flexibility on the due dates, and

no excuses will be accepted.

Do whatever you must do to be prepared to hand in your work on time.

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Instructions The next section of this packet provides a template for research: questions and plenty of spaces for answers and source notes. Some questions instruct you to IMAGINE. This means you won’t find the answer in any book or website. Instead, you need to use the information you’ve found to imagine something specific for YOUR CHARACTER. Other questions are just that—questions. You need to figure out the answer to that question through careful research. Sometimes I’ve given you a hint about a good resource, but other times you’ll need to use the books, articles and websites I’ve provided to find what you need. Your answers may include pictures, illustrations and diagrams—but don’t have to, unless specifically requested in the instructions. Some people may want lots of illustrations because that’s how they learn. Others may not care too much either way. These notes will be your reference point for your journal. You want to be able to look up the information you need in your notes and UNDERSTAND it so that you can put it to use in your journal. DO NOT just copy down “answers” that have no meaning for you. Remember you’re answering these questions about your CHARACTER—not about yourself.

Research Reminders

1 . It pays to persevere & be creative . Let’s say you’re faced with this question:

Based on your status, what happens when a woman in your family is pregnant? In other words, where does she give birth? Who assists her? How often do babies survive their first year? How often do women survive childbirth? Again, based on status, who breastfeeds the child? How long?

What do you look up? How do you find the answer? Well, I might start by looking up “babies.” Nothing. Should I go to my teacher and say, “There’s nothing about this question in the books!” No. I persevere. I get creative. I try “pregnancy.” Nope. And I try “birth,” but nothing. Then I try “childbirth.” Aha! There are some results. Also, I notice as I’m reading about childbirth that they talk about “midwives” and “wet nurses.” I decide to look up those words, and I find even more information. I notice they keep talking about “infant mortality.” I’m not sure what that means, so I ask Mrs. B. She tells me that is the rate of how frequently infants died. That’s an answer to another part of the question, so I write it down.

2. It pays to know where to look. On the internet, you’re going to be using sites that I have pre-approved. You won’t be plugging randomly into Google and hoping to find a hit. But when it comes to books, you need some basic tools.

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Table of Contents vs. Index A Table of Contents is in the front of a book. It tells you the big topic of an entire chapter. This is a table of contents from a book about Elizabethan England. Mostly, the table of contents tells you if it’s even worth looking in a particular resource.

Sometimes a Table of Contents will give sub-headings that can be even more helpful in figuring out what is in a particular book. This is another Table of Contents from another book about Elizabethan England.

Notice that if I’m still looking for the childbirth question, I would guess that it will be addressed in the book, since Chapter VI, is all about sex. But Chapter VI starts on page 161 and ends on page 188! I do not want to read 27 pages to find one answer!

Again, if I’m looking for the childbirth question, I can see that Chapter 10 is helpful—and I should turn to page 189, specifically for a section about Childbirth. But notice that the sections in this book average 6-10 pages long. That is still a LOT to read for just one question. PS) This is the TOC from Elizabeth’s London by Liza Picard. Notice that it’s a GREAT resource for our questions!

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That’s when I would turn to the Index. An Index is in the back of a book. It tells me very specific topics from very specific pages.

3 . Understanding is more important than knowledge . It doesn’t really matter if you “found the answer.” Especially for this project. You need to understand it. If it doesn’t mean anything to you, if YOU can’t make sense of it, it’s a waste of time. Same thing goes for reading level. If a book is so wordy or complicated it’s impossible for you to read, then don’t use that resource! There are other tools available.

Here, notice that “babies” is a topic. If I’m still looking for how long infants typically lived, there is information on “babies, life expectancy,” on page 89. But if I’ve turned my attention to how babies are cared for, I might look on pages 182-184. I also notice that the first entry is “abortion.” I wonder if there might be some information about childbirth and pregnancy tied to that topic, too. That’s on page 170 and also on pages 180-181. None of these are more than a page or two, and that’s the perfect length for me to read!

Research Reminders Quick Review

1. It pays to persevere & be creative. 2. It pays to know where to look. 3. Understanding is more important than knowledge.

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Introducing:

__________________________________________ of ____________________________________ Character's Name Kingdom Name for your class period

A Character Created by: ____________________________________ Your Own Name

1. I am (check one): Monarch Urban Nobility (family wealth/debt, land and title)—my rank is _________________________ Rural Gentry Urban Merchant Religious clergy Rural Farmer—I am part of the ____________________ class of farmers Servant to someone in the ________________class Complete Poverty, urban Complete Poverty, rural

2. I am (check one):

Age 13-18 (everyone from here on is likely married and/or widowed) Age 19-30 Age 30-40 Age 40-50 Over 50 (This age is an achievement with such terrible medical care!)

IMAGINE: When is your birth date (make sure the year is correct)? _______________________ IMAGINE: What does your character look like (hair & eye color, height, weight, general appearance).

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Question Answer

Use “quotes” around anything you copy directly. Source (Author’s Last Name & Page Number)

Based on your status, what does your living place look like? What types of rooms or furnishings do you have? Who lives with you?

Based on your status, what kind of transportation do you use? For short distances? For long distances?

Based on your status, what is your sanitation like—in other words, how and where do you go to the bathroom?

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Question Answer Use “quotes” around anything you copy directly.

Source (Author’s Last Name & Page Number)

ONLY Farmers & Servants (servants based on status of your boss): How do you get water? How do you cook food?

Based on your status, describe how many meals you eat each day? What kinds of things are in each meal? Which meal is the largest? What do you drink with your meals? Who prepares them? What utensils do you use to eat?

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ONLY Urban Nobility and Gentry: Invent your family crest or coat of arms. Use the Heraldry Resource sheet and the Fleur de Lis designs website to assist you. Label each part with a description of what it is, why it’s significant, and what the shapes and colors mean.

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ONLY Urban Nobility and Gentry: Based on your gender, what do you do in a typical day? What duties (letter writing? travel? hosting? household management? Taking care of tenants? Servants?) are required of you? Who must you visit or spend time with and why?

Some info in Maggie Secara, “Household Management,” “Paying the Servants”

ONLY Merchants, Farmers, Servants and the poor: Assume it is April or May. Then, based on your gender, what do you do in a typical day? Again, based on your gender, what is your work? How long do you do it (what are your “hours”)? Women, remember there are no refrigerators, no stoves, no dish soap, running water, toilets, bathrooms, etc.—be realistic (and sober) about how long your tasks will take you.

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Based on your status and gender, what do you wear each day? Describe each piece of your typical outfit with its correct name. Provide illustrations and a description of how it fits together with the other pieces. Feel free to print, copy, paste, etc. to help with the illustrations. BONUS: Based on your status, are there any laws or guidelines that are supposed to determine how you dress? If so, what are they? Do you obey them?

For the bonus, check out the “Sumptuary Laws” excerpt from Kathy Elgin.

Based on your status, about how much does your clothing cost you each year?

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Based on your status, what education would you have had? How did you get that education and from whom?

IMAGINE: If people in your status or position are not usually able to read, how did you learn? This will take some real imagination. Have some fun answering this question: Question Answer

Use “quotes” around anything you copy directly. Source—author’s last name and page number

Based on your status and gender, how much time do you have for leisure or entertainment?

ONLY those NOT in complete poverty: Based on your gender, what do you do for entertainment or leisure? ONLY Nobility & Gentry: Make sure to investigate hunting as one component.

Maggie Secara, “The Hunt is up,” “Filling the Time,” “A Cry of Hounds,” “Now Merrily to Horse,” More Things to Do,” “Still More Things to Do,” “Games”

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What kinds of money are in use? See money table for specifics. What is the difference between actual money and “money of account” or “money of reckoning?”

Based on your status, what kinds of things do you spend money on? How much does a loaf of bread cost? A pint of ale? A pound of butter? A pair of white silk hose?

ONLY people NOT in complete poverty: Based on your status, what economic problems are there in the Elizabethan economy? How do these affect you?

ONLY people in complete poverty: What are the “poor laws?” How do these impact your life?

ONLY those in complete poverty: imagine that you have benefitted in some way from the poor laws. Describe specifically what happened. It will take some research and some imagination to answer this question.

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Source—author’s last name and page number

What religious habits do you have? How often do you attend services, and what type of services are they? What happens if you do not attend church? What financial responsibilities do you have to the church? Based on your status, Are there rules that govern what you wear or how you behave in church? If so, what are they?

Jo McMurty (excerpt)

Define the following religious words in ELIZABETHAN English (a dictionary will not help): • parish • parishioner • tithe • a living • a rector or parson • a vicar • a sexton

Jo McMurty (excerpt)

Based on your status, what happens when you or someone in your family gets ill? Who treats that person?

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ANSWER ONE of the following: 1) Identify three common illnesses and their appropriate “cures.” Are any of these cures tied to superstitious beliefs? If so, what are those beliefs? Make sure you do a little bit of work with the Black Plague (what it is and how it was treated). OR 2) Describe the theory of the four humors. How did the theory of the four humors impact medical knowledge or treatment of diseases? What common treatments came from an attempt to balance the humors?

Forgeng

BONUS: In Elizabethan England, what did you mean when you talked about someone’s humor?

Based on your status, what other superstitions do you have?

Forgeng

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Based on your status, what happens when a woman in your family is pregnant? In other words, where does she give birth? Who assists her? How often do babies survive their first year? How often do women survive childbirth? Again, based on status, who breastfeeds the child? How long?

Liza Picard

Based on your status, who takes care of the children in your family? How? What kinds of things do young children of your status do? What about elementary age children? Also based on status, what do the children in your family call their parents?

Liza Picard

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ONLY people not in complete poverty: Find a fall holiday that is celebrated in Elizabethan time. Based on your status, how do you celebrate this holiday? Think about what you do, what you wear, what you eat.

Forgeng, McMurty

ONLY people not in complete poverty: Find a spring holiday that is celebrated in Elizabethan time. Based on your status, how do you celebrate this holiday? Think about what you do, what you wear, what you eat.

Forgeng, McMurty

ONLY people not in complete poverty: Research Lammas (or Lammastide), a summer holiday during Elizabethan times. Based on your status, how do you celebrate this holiday?

Forgeng, McMurty

ONLY Servants: how do you advance yourself in the world? When or how are you tipped? When or how are you paid?

Some info Maggie Secara, “Household Management,” “Paying the Servants”

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Based on your status, what happens when people in your family marry? How old are they, usually? How do they choose their spouse? How does the announcement about the engagement and wedding get made? Who attends the wedding? Is there any kind of party associated with the wedding? If so, what? What kinds of gifts are given, if any—and at what point in the engagement/marriage process? What kinds of flowers/plants are used? What do the bride and groom wear?

Maggie Secara, Liza Picard

Based on your status, what happens when someone in your family dies? What happens to the body (how is it treated)? Is there a funeral service? Where? When? Who attends? What do they wear? Why?

Maggie Secara, Liza Picard

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Based on your location (urban or rural), what kinds of crime are common in your area? How are these crimes punished? Who gives out punishments? Identify 3-4 common crimes and their punishments.

Forgeng

Monarchs, Nobility, and Gentry ONLY: Based on your status/title, how are you addressed? In other words, when someone is speaking to/about you, what do they call you?

Maggie Secara

What is the difference between thou/thee and you? When do you use thou/thee? When do you use you?

Maggie Secara, “Language” and “Language: Thee and Thou”

What does “wherefore” mean?

Maggie Secara, “More Langauge”

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When do you say “hello” in Elizabethan England? And what does it mean? Translate the following words into Elizabethan English: • Excuse me • Okay • Wow • Thank you • Good morning • Good day • Good evening • Bathroom • Creative • Joke

Maggie Secara, “Still More Language” and “More Language: Heard in the Wild”

Describe some of the Elizabethan traditions for writing letters (how you address letters, phrases you might use, what’s appropriate & what’s not).

Based on your research, if you’re interested in having your character do any of the following, let Goddess Bee know. We need to have at least one of each of these events.

• Get married • Die & have a funeral • Commit a crime • Have a baby • Contract a serious disease

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Elizabethan Money Tables by J. Forgeng

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Renaissance Artifact Proposal General Information Name ______________________________________________________ Period ____________ For my artifact, I would like to do the following: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ My Supply List I will need the following SPEICIFIC supplies and/or assistance to effectively make this artifact.

If you’re doing food, this should say “see attached recipes.” If you’re making an object, this should list out the specific materials you need, including sizes,

and it should say “see attached plans.” You should attach detailed plans, including measure- ments and descriptions for anything that is unclear.

If you’re making clothing, this should say “see attached pattern.” Otherwise, just be as SPECIFIC as possible. Vague supply lists do NOT get approved.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Here is how I will obtain or buy these supplies and/or assistance: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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My To Do List What I need to do to get this artifact done

How long I think it will take I plan to have it done by

Write a project proposal 1 hour or less Thursday April 28

Put finishing touches on my project

Half hour or so Thursday May 26

(Note: You may not have enough “to do” items to fill the entire list. Or you may need more room. Either way, it will at least give me an idea of how well-thought-out your plan is.) Student Commitment I have read and checked each of the following statements. By signing below, I am agreeing with each statement I have checked.

I believe this is a reasonable, meaningful and creative artifact that will use my research well.

I understand that this artifact is a significant part of my grade. I understand that no late artifacts will be accepted. My artifact is due May 27th. I intend to do my absolute best!

________________________________________________ Signature of Student Parental Approval I have looked over ____________________________________________’s artifact proposal, including the supplies needed, and I believe it is a financially feasible, reasonable, creative and meaningful artifact for him/her to complete on or before May 27, 2011. ________________________________________________ Signature of parent or guardian

Teacher Approval: ______________________

Teacher Initials—No initials, no approval!

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Character Creation Fact Sheet Real Name: ___________________________________________________________________ Character Name: _______________________________________________________________ My character is approximately ________ years old. My character is (choose one in each column)

Male Female

Married Widowed Aged 12-15 and not yet married

My character’s status is _________________________________________________________ My character has known connections or relationships with these characters _________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Other things people should know about my character include ____________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Only the Goddess Bee knows… That my character is actually ___________________________________________________ Or also goes by some other names, like _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Or that my character has secret connections or relationships with _________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Or this stuff about what my character is really like _____________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Keep it secret, keep it safe!

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