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On Thursday, February 22 the halls of Redwood Elementary School, were lined with famous Americans like Thomas Edison, Julia Child, George Washington or Amelia Earhart.
Each second-grade student choose a famous person to research and they dressed up as that person. The famous person the students researched made a positive impact on the world.
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- Maggie Tolsland, 8, as astronaut Mae Jemison
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- Madlyn Dennis, 8, as Florence Nightingale
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- Logan Eynon, 7, as George Washington
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- Max Cruz, 8, as Abraham Lincoln
To prepare for the wax museum, the students created a large poster that includes a written report, memorable quote, timeline and a portrait (made in art class…integrating general education class and art class). The students used biography books and Chromebooks for research.
On the night of the event, the students stood in a statue pose next to their poster until a museum guest presses a “push” button that is on each students’ poster. Once the button is pressed the students tell the listener important information and then the student goes back into their statue pose.
Standards covered: History (Historical thinking and skills) – time can be shown graphically on timelines; History (Heritage) – biographies can show how peoples’ actions have shaped the world in which we live; ELA (English Language Arts) – use non-fiction text features to locate key information
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