Take your writing - and knowledge of history - a step further with these writing prompts from history. You are onboard one of the first ships of immigrants to come to Ellis Island in 1892. Describe the thoughts that go through your mind, the sights, the smells, and the feelings surrounding your first hours in a new land. You are living in China when the Boxer Rebellion breaks out in 1900. Describe what happens and how it affects your family. You are living in Australia on the eve of independence. In what city do you live? Do you support independence?
