Description
After reading the graphic memoir, The Best We Could Do, and doing some historical research, you will develop materials that highlight one of the characters from the graphic memoir. Essentially, you’ll be “packing a bag” for that character, and reflecting briefly on why you chose the items you did to put in their bag.
You will pack a bag” for the character you choose. This might be the protagonist, or one of the other characters. The bag should be similar to the type of bag this character would carry it might be a suitcase, a backpack, a shopping bag, or some other type of bag, but the items in the bag need to be displayed. Choose items for the bag that represent who your character is, and what they might literally or metaphorically carry with them.
Of course, we’re working with The Best We Could Do, for the final. But as an example, if you were packing a bag for John Lewis from his memoir, March, it might be a backpack like he carried during the first civil rights marches he took part in, and it might contain an apple, a toothbrush, a bible and a book (the items he describes himself in the graphic novel when he’s prepared to go to jail). Then, you would write about why you chose these items and what they meant to the author. (citing the text).
The bag and items in it MUST BE 3-dimensional. No drawings or painting of items.
Finally, you will take a photo of the bag you’ve packed and write a brief (no longer than 1 page, double spaced) reflection on why you chose the items you did. Be sure to quote the author and cite the page numbers.
I’ve included a sample suitcase from a previous class, to give you some idea what your bag might look like. Use what you have at home, or recreate it like you did in the first project.
