Blood Relations Lesson Plan

Historical fiction and creative process: from primary source to artistic adaptation

Kind of Activity:

Creative Writing

Objective:

Students will engage with primary source material related to the Borden case and, drawing on these sources, write an original piece of creative writing on Lizzie Borden and the double murders of Andrew and Abby Borden.

Structure:

For this activity, students will begin by answering the following questions in a brief classwide discussion:

-What is a primary source?

-How are primary sources used in artistic representations of real events? What might the creative process look...