Writing Homework Help

For this assignment, students should imagine themselves as a casta (of your choice) who has sent to their relatives, in Seville, a large wooden crate that has traveled for many months in the haul of a Spanish ship. Inside the crate is a casta painting, a gift you have sent them from Mexico City. It is the first time they have seen a casta painting and they are very curious about it. Employing visual analysis, your assignment is to prepare a letter (see paper requirements below)for your relatives, explaining your casta’s life through the painting sent. Make a case for how they can understand colonial society from your gift. Guide your relatives through different vignettes to explain not only your race and gender but also how your racial lineage comes about through intermarriage. Instruct them how to look at material culture (clothing, footwear, jewelry, baskets, and utensils), daily–life activities (cooking, cleaning, eating, sitting, and even physical violence), and architectural spaces (interiors and exteriors)as markers of your casta’s Calidad. From your visual analysis, your relatives should gain a clear understanding of your casta’s colonial experience. Lastly, be creative and imaginative! This assignment centers on creating history empathy. There is no singular way to develop history empathy, but it rests on forming“affective connections to the past [that] enables students to view historical figures as human beings who faced very human experiences and leads to a richer understanding….”1Thisassignment requires students to take historical evidence and transform it into a narrative of historical fiction.