Living Wax Museum
- School:
- Golden Terrace Elementary
- Subject:
- History
- Teacher:
- Tiffany Weeks
- Students Impacted:
- 175
- Grade:
- 5
- Date:
- July 26, 2016
Investor
Thank you to the following investor for funding this grant.
Champions For Learning - $150.00
Original Grant Overview
Goal
To increase student's enthusiasm for reading biographies and learning about famous people from history. They will have an opportunity to share a summary of what they have learned to the visitors of the Living Wax Museum.
What will be done with my students
Students will read the high interest "Who was" or "Who is" biographies
Students will select one person and write a report summarizing their subject's life and their contribution(s)
Students will identify a character trait that their subject embodies.
Students will develop a report to deliver orally about their subject.
Students will create a costume to represent the person they studied
Students will memorize their dialog and deliver it to visitors to the "wax museum."
Both students from the other classes will be invited along with parents and administrators.
Benefits to my students
These biographies are very popular. The combination of this set of books and the unique way of presenting what they have learned will create a positive and memorable learning experience for students.
The living wax museum will give the students an opportunity to share information about many different famous people to other students at the school as well as the student's family.
Budget Narrative
This amount will allow me to purchase 30 different paperback titles from Barnes and Noble. These books can be used for multiple years.
Items
| # | Item | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Variety of "Who Was" Biography Titles | $150.00 |
| Total: | $150.00 |
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