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Kitty Pryde-Barton ([personal profile] throughaphase) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2016-08-28 08:24 pm
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Firsthand History- Monday- 1st period

The students had received an email to meet at the Danger Shop, which looked and felt like a windy day on a North Carolina beach in December.

"Sorry if it's a little chilly," Kitty greeted them. "Welcome to Firsthand History. I'm your teacher, Kitty Pryde-Barton, and I don't really care what you call me since I'm still getting used to one of those names a little. In this class, we're going to visit certain times in history, where you'll get to see what it was actually like to be there. And since there are a lot of different timelines and universes represented at this school, I'm basing this class off of this particular world's timeline. Depending on the situation, we may be in here, or we may portal off to wherever it is. I'll let you know ahead of time. And because this is what we're doing, I want to know what kinds of things you want to see. Whether it's seeing a world event or just visiting a specific time period, I'd like to make sure you can see what you're actually interested in seeing. So since you're going to be doing introductions all week, let's start there. Tell me your name, when and where you're from, and what you want to see."

And then once the last student had introduced themselves, Kitty stepped aside, where the students should see a very old plane in the background. "By the way, if you're wondering where we are, welcome to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in 1903. Enjoy the flight."
intotheout: (things are looking up)

Re: Introductions

[personal profile] intotheout 2016-08-29 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
"My name's Gratuity," Tip said, waving a little. "I'm from Pennsylvania, the United States, Earth --" she could keep going, but decided against it. "Contemporary to Fandom, but in my world we got invaded by aliens a few years back. So, you know. Divergence point. I'd like to seeeee. . . ." She thought for a few moments, sifting through the numerous options that sprang immediately to mind. "The March on Washington where Dr. King gave the 'I have a dream' speech. Or maybe the Dahomey Amazons?"

She was going to make sure black history got represented here. Not that she expected it to get skipped, but -- well. The class was going to be over by February.
intotheout: (bright grin)

Re: Introductions

[personal profile] intotheout 2016-08-29 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"They were an army of West African women in the 19th century. Very cool." Tip grinned. "Pretty much any African history that isn't the slave trade would be great, though."