http://wordsetc.edublogs.org Just another Edublogs.org weblog Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:02:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 http://wordsetc.edublogs.org/2009/02/08/wax-museum-biography-reports/ http://wordsetc.edublogs.org/2009/02/08/wax-museum-biography-reports/#comments Sun, 08 Feb 2009 21:20:33 +0000 wordsetc http://wordsetc.edublogs.org/?p=61 My daughter Rachel, a fourth grade teacher, had her students experience a new way to present their understanding of their subject/biography study by presenting a wax museum presentation. The students researched their subject by reading biographies and other resources. They wrote a summation that was limited to a minute or less which was practiced memorized and timed. On the day of the presentation the students dressed as the character and added props/furniture for setting. They invited in other grades from the school and the visiting students could push the “button” and hear the character talk, recite his summation of his character study. One of the mothers of a student contacted the local newspaper and a picture of one of the “wax” characters ended up on the front page. Students and visitors learned about the person. The fourth grade students had a purpose and a way to share their learning.
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