About the Project...
Hey there!
My name is Ashleigh. I am a mother of two teens, and I am just finishing my first semester of college. As it turns out, I have a knack for writing. I have been working on a multi-part historical fiction project, and my history professor wants me to share my project with the world.
The project is entitled “The Avatar Project” and the goal of that project is to understand that history was a lived experience. The students write from the first-person perspective of an assigned fictional character. We are given a few details, but everything else about the character comes from our own storytelling. An important component of the assignment is the inclusion of true historical events. How does my avatar relate to the things happening around her? It’s important to remember that she does not know everything that we know now.
I plan to not only share the entries that I have written for the project, but I also plan to revise or expand on them where possible. I will update twice weekly unless otherwise specified.
Without further ado, here is our avatar information.
“Born in Frederick, Maryland; your father is a blacksmith of Irish ancestry, your mother immigrated to the Americas from Thuringia (one of the Germanic states) in 1755. You are female, ultimately one of four children. Your parents had three other children that died in infancy. Your father makes horseshoes for a local farrier, and from this association you develop a passion for horses as you grow up. Your father has one brother in the Americas (he lives in New Jersey) but the rest of your blood kin still live in Europe.”
Let’s go!