Ms. Beeman-Solano



Historical Fiction Trading Card ProjectOverview: Create five trading cards related to your historical fiction book. The front of each card will show a caption and an image related to an important character, setting, or event. The back will have a short paragraph.Title Card: Front: name + period, title, author, publishing date, and optional trading card company logoBack: historical time and place (one sentence)Character CardFront: picture and captionBack: Describe the character. Topics may include personality, strengths and weaknesses. ?Setting CardFront: picture and captionBack: Describe one location that the character visits. For example, what is the atmosphere and feeling of the location like? Or what are some important landmarks there? ?Event CardFront: picture and captionBack: Write about an important event. How did the event affect the character? For example, did it resolve a problem? ?Research Card [choose 1][research a real historical figure who appears in your book. What did the person go through in his/her life? What are they known for? What new information did you learn? Cite your source.][research a real historical place that appears in your book. It could be a building, a ship, a town, or a castle, for example. What new information did you learn? Cite your source.][research a real, historical event that is mentioned in your book. What really happened during this historical event? What new information did you learn? Cite your source.]Front: picture and captionBack: ? and link to web sourceModel: Setting CardA Honeybee FarmIn Tiburon, South Carolina Lily Owens’ adventure takes her to a big pink house where she spends a few months working on a honeybee farm. Maintained by three eccentric sisters, the farm is delightful. Hundreds of hives thrive in special boxes. Lily learns how to smoke the hives, gather the honey, and bottle it in the honey house. She bonds with the strong women who live there. Lily later learns that this setting holds a special secret to her past. There is also a special wall in which one of the sister tucks away her sorrows written on tiny slips of paper. On hot, balmy summer days, Lily swings on the porch swing or has water fights with her new friends. This setting is the perfect place for her to heal from her emotional wounds.(front of setting card)(back of setting card) ................
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