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Grade: Senior
Subject: Literature

#1566. The Scarlet Letter: Projects

Literature, level: Senior
Posted Fri Feb 11 05:34:13 PST 2000 by Micheal R. Parent (mrparent@hotmail.com).
Manchester Regional High School, Haledon, NJ
Materials Required: time, creativity, poster/project materials, video camera
Activity Time: 1 week

· Design a model that replicates a scene from The Scarlet Letter. You model should include some miniature characters.
· Design four greeting cards that you think Hester, Pearl, Dimmesdale, and Chillingworth would have sent to each other for a holiday. . . you choose the holiday and design four cards, one from each of these characters. Include a picture and a quote or poem that they would have written in the card. This can be funny, or serious.
· Create a poster that compares Hawthorne's scarlet letter, to a modern scarlet letter that is recognized by our society.