Spring Spotlight #1
The Living Wax Museum I was invited to Metropolis Elementary School last week to view the 4th grade students' Living Wax Museum. I had never heard of anything exactly like this before and made it a point to attend. When I arrived, I found all the fourth grade students lined up around the gym posing as famous Americans. Each student had a display of facts about their person, and most were dressed in costumes to appear as their historical figure did when they were alive. The students were also describing their historical figure's achievements in first person to all the visitors as we walked around this living museum. These displays and re-enactments were quite impressive. I met everyone from George Crum to Susan B. Anthony in the gym that morning. Students from other grade levels were also allowed to visit the museum and learn about these individuals from these fourth grade students. I even saw several parents visiting and learning from these students. I asked the f