Postcards from the Past…

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  • Kailey
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Find an old archive: letter, postcard, photograph, memo, computer document, e-mail. Then, form a story surrounding the piece. Develop a general, basic narrative or back story and characters. It doesn’t have to be super long; it can be a haiku or a novella–your choice. Let the past inspire you!

My example is a postcard from World War I. It was discovered unsent and from an unknown author, and attached to the postcard was a small poppy, addressed to the soldier’s love. I wrote a poem in Spanish about the postcard, and you can read the poem and its translation at this link:

http://www.kaileyck.com/ds106/postcards-from-the-past/

Have fun!

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adeacons

Post Card Assignment (4 1/2 stars)

  So the assignment here was to find an existing post card/card/note and create your own story surrounding it. This card was discovered by this

jnemeth

Postcard from Sasha Kellogg

This is an adaptation of the Postcards from the Past writing assignment.  The idea is to take a postcard, or some old document, and contextualize

athacker

Old Photo

 It was to be a happy day for the wedding couple. Being of a time when people worried about every little thing, they tried

briannecomden34

From the past!

This image is of Margaret Pinault and Mathieu Gaston in front of their home in France. Mathieu was a millionaire art collector and Margaret

afanghel

Where in the World is Beauregard Dasher?

Cat’s P.O.V.

Who would have thought a crinkled piece of paper would be such a gem of a treasure. In the midst of this

jevans5

Postcards from the Past

Dearest Melody Bay Kennish Ahn,

I have yet to hear word of your work being moved to a gallery and which can only mean you are

tyowell

A love letter writing assignment?

I decided to do the “Postcards from the Past” writing assignment as the one that I will focus around the character that I created Lawrence

gyeorelee

Postcards From the Past…

I’m relating this assignment to my character, John Brown.

This photo is from John Brown’s mother. This was taken when he was 14, when John

vinci

A Photograph

We only had right now

And right now was all we needed.

There was no past, no future, no war.

I had him and he had me.

How

briannarosem

Postcard From The Past

The letter that I chose was from a World War II marine who died in a special mission against the nazi’s. This letter shows

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