Imagine a moment in history and put it in a story. Here are four possibilities, but you can picture a different moment that interests you:

• George Washington did not chop down a cherry tree or confess to his father that he did, but it is certain that someone said he did and wrote it down. Here’s a link to how the story was invented. https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/cherry-tree-myth. Make your own story out of the truth.

• This is a link to a website, where you can slide (using your mouse) along the whole Bayeux Tapestry, which, in the Middle Ages, illustrated the invasion of England from France by William the Conqueror. Choose a bit of the tapestry and turn it into a story, including narration and dialogue: https://www.bayeuxmuseum.com/en/the-bayeux-tapestry/discover-the-bayeux-tapestry/explore-online/.

• After England was conquered, King William declared that all the kingdom’s forests were his to hunt in (with his friends and relatives). People couldn’t even chop firewood without his permission and getting a permit. (They were allowed to travel on roads that went through the forests.) The conquered English hated this. Use it in a story.

• Google the history of something that interests you, for example the history of doughnuts or of forks (but it can be anything), and write a story about it.