Deadly Encounters

Task

I hope you haven't resolved to take that silver nitrate, because here's where it will be all explained...

    1. Choose a Human

    Your task will be to choose one deceased person. This person can be a historical figure, a musician, a poet, an actor/actress, or even a character in a story. This person should be anyone that you will be able to extensively research.

   2. Research

     After you have chosen your human, you guessed it, extensive research must be done. You will research this person's childhood, teenage years, mid-life, and late-life, family, friends, anyone, everyone, anything, and everything about this person.

    3. Pick the Fantastic Five

    Through this research, you will choose the five people this person would have met, just like Eddie. You will have to explain the relevance of these five people to the person of your choice along with a brief history of this person. This can be done via any medium, as long as you run it by me first. I'd like to have a general idea of what you are doing. The representation of these five can be through an essay, or through a more creative medium, such as a series of journal entires, a visual collage, a PowerPoint, or anything else you can think of. You can choose to either begin at the end, like Mitch Albom, or start from the beginning, it's up to you.

    4. Present

    You will be presenting to the class your representation. If you have written an essay, you will be required to read an exerpt from the paper and generally cover the main ideas and fundamentals of your person of choice and their five people. If you have chosen a creative medium, you will be required to present your representation with accompanied explanation the same as the essay. You will have up to five minutes to present your material.

    5. Reflection

    You will be required to complete a written reflection concerning the following:

Remember, even though these people are strangers and we may have no personal connection, as the Blue Man once said, "Strangers are just family you have yet to come to know."


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