Today Chris and I had the opportunity to tour a "Living Wax Museum" For the past several weeks Camden and his class have been researching historical figures. They were able to choose the person they wanted to research and then wrote a speech and a poem about the person. They also drew a portrait of the person, made a timeline of important dates in the life of their chosen figure. All of this information was put on a tri-fold board to display in the classroom. The researching culminated today when all the kids dressed up as their figure and the parents got to tour the wax museum and learn about the historical figures. The kids even made their own buttons with "play", "pause" and "stop" for parents to push to start speeches the kids had written. Some of the figures the kids chose were Lou Gehrig (Camden's chosen figure), Abe Lincoln, 2 Jane Goodall's, Elvis, Duke Ellington, Christopher Columbus, Anne Frank, Annie Oakley, Sally Ride, Teddy Roosevelt, Julie Krone, Kerri Strug, Amelia Earhart,Florence Nightengale, MLK Jr., and Sacagawea.
The kids did a GREAT job with their presentations and boards and they had a lot of fun doing the research and dressing up. This is just one more praise I have of Camden and Grace's new school. I don't think any of the teachers at their old public school would have done anything like this. I feel that they are allowed to be more creative here at Thales and they have taken to the direct instruction so easily. I look forward to what the rest of the year has in store not only for Camden and Grace but for the rest of the students!
1 comment:
That is so awesome! Good job kiddos.
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