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Create an Image

Use a medium of your choice to create a visual representation of a particular scene in the book that employs a large number of sensory details. The scene could be told from Hurston's point of view or from Cudjo's point of view.

Compose a Diary Entry

Create a diary entry from the perspective of Zora Neale Hurston after a particularly poignant part of Cudjo’s relayed set of memories is laid out before her within one of their interviews together.

Create a Timeline

Create a large timeline of the events covered within the pages of Hurston's book Barracoon. Include visual images that correspond to different events within the timeline.

Write a Poem

Find and read a poem about the experience of crossing the sea in a slave ship, such as the poem by Lucille Clifton entitled “slaveships.” Write a reflection about the emotional experience of...

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