Living Wax Museum

School:: Golden Terrace Elementary
Subject:: History
Teacher:: Tiffany Weeks
Students Impacted:: 175
Grade:: 5
Date:: August 29, 2017

Investor

Thank you to the following investor for funding this grant.

License For Learning Plate Fund - $100.00

Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 175

The "Who was" & "Who is" books have always been popular, but now that we were able to add 30 new titles they have been more popular than ever! There is now a section of the library dedicated just for those titles.

Many biographies are very mundane and boring, but these titles are clearly written for kids. The students were able to get a much deeper understanding for the subject and that was relected in the depth of their reports. The living wax museum allowed the students to share what they have learned both in a poster board display, and also verbally by "becoming" that famous person.

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Thomas Jefferson

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Michelangelo

Original Grant Overview

Goal

To increase students' 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 with 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 20 different paperback titles from Barnes and Noble. These books can be used for multiple years.

Items

#	Item	Cost
1	Variety of "Who Is/Was" Biography Titles	$100.00
	Total:	$100.00

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