Thread: The History Project (Niah & guitarfan28)

Once the last student had taken their seat, Mr. Jenkins closed the door before swishing around on the balls of his feet to face his class. He clapped his hands together enthusiastically, causing a few students who hadn't been paying attention to jump. The history teacher was what Mia would refer to as slightly eccentric. He looked to the teenagers with a huge grin, before finally beginning to speak. Whose up for a little project? He announced, opening his arms wide almost in celebration. A few students instantly groaned, but Mia couldn't help but smile. She found Mr. Jenkins quite funny and personally enjoyed projects, yeah as if the bullies didn't have enough ammo, Mia was also a huge nerd. She was smart, enjoyed school work, loved books, theater, sci-fi etc. As lame as it may seem, she actually felt a little stir of excitement at Mr. Jenkins' plans. Already her mind was buzzing about what she may be given to do. Even better, how about project partners ? He added. At this a few people glanced towards their friends, obviously hoping that they would be able to pick their own partners. However the history teacher quickly dashed their hopes by whipping a piece of paper off of his desk. It clearly had all of their names already organised upon it. There was another flurry of moaning and shifty eyes, as people began to wonder who they would be paired up with. World War II! Fascinating and distressing time in our history. Over the next two weeks you and your partners will delve in head first to this subject. You will research your particular aspect, co-write a paper and plan a presentation to show to the class. Leanne and Sarah, you will be researching the invasion of Poland. Jackson and Michelle, you will be researching concentration camps. Sean and David, you'll be researching the Normandy landings. Mia and Zane, you'll be researching the attack on Pearl Harbor... The rest of Mr. Jenkins words failed to compute with Mia, her mind too in shock with what it had heard. Zane?! Zane freaking Heywood?! Any hint of excitement that had once been there for this project, was now quickly being killed off. Mia could feel people's eyes upon her and heard a few furious whispers being uttered. She just kept looking forward, refusing to give them the satisfaction of even acknowledging their existence. While her face attempted to stay neutral, her insides were practically twisted. Of all the people in the class, why did it have to be him? His pack of cronies spent most of their time torturing Mia and her friends. Now she was going to be forced to work with their leader?! This day had officially been upgraded from bad to down right hellish! Oblivious to the chaos that he was unleashing, Mr. Jenkins finally finished reading the list and looked up to find a lot of annoyed faces staring back at him. Hardly any student had been paired with someone that they would consider a friend, but Mia was convinced that she had the worst deal out of all of them. Well... don't just sit there. The project started the moment I read the first set of names, find your partners and get cracking! The library is open for research, I have several books that I can hand out and I'm also available for any help that you may need.