Our Own Wax Museum

In language arts, students create a biographical report on someone of importance from the past. They must complete research on their character, from their character's childhood to their death, and create many mini-projects to accompany the report, such as a character quilt, poster, and journal, just to name a few.

In the end, students will dress up and simulate the character in a wax museum format. Students are spread throught the gym or school, will have a button available, that when pushed by the visitor (parents/students), will bring the "wax figure" or student to life. They must be able to give a 1 minute summary of their character's life and the importance they shared with the world.

This can be utilized in many cross-curricular ways and topics. This would be great during Black History Month, Women's History Month, through charcters found in a book series, or even people studied in history classes.