Learning about history can be both informative and entertaining--especially if some of your knowledge comes from historical fiction. Novels set in a different historical era than the present allow you to connect with characters who may be very different from you and thus to gain valuable insight about what it was like to live long ago. Have you ever thought about writing one of these novels, though?

Locate your file containing this module’s journal assignment, paste the prompt below at the end of the document, and label the entry with this lesson’s title. Then type a response to the prompt.

Journal

First, identify and list a few interesting or important facts from the article “Without Independence, Freedom Is Just a Word.” Then write the very beginning of a story that could take place in the Southern United States during the Great Depression. Write at least three paragraphs, and include your selected facts in a way that would help readers imagine what life was like for one or more characters.

When you have written a complete and detailed answer to the journal prompt, save the file so that you can open it again for the next lesson with a journal assignment. (You will submit your journal to your teacher for grading once or twice during the module.)