St. Anne School in Lancaster held its fourth annual Third-Grade Historical Wax Museum on Nov. 4. Third-graders portrayed historical figures, including Dr. Seuss, St. Michael the Archangel and Helen Keller, and presented memorized biographies of these people. The students had been working on this project for the last two months. It is the creation of third-grade teacher Karen Henry.
The students were each required to read a book from the Penguin Books "Who Was?" series, which tells the stories of trailblazers, legends, innovators and creators. The students used this information to write a paragraph highlighting the important details of their subject's life. They memorized their paragraph and also worked in class to create a background mural for their figure. Murals ranged from Benjamin Franklin's kite in the air to a blue sky for Amelia Earhart. With help from their parents, students created costumes to wear in the wax museum.
The wax museum was constructed in the gym, where students had a designated area with their mural behind them and a podium with a "play" button in front of them. Parents, faculty members and fellow students visited the museum. When a student's play button was pushed, the student came to life and recited his or her memorized informational biography.
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