Fourth graders create "wax sculpture" museum

As the culmination of their six-week biography unit, fourth graders at Clarion-Goldfield-Dows spent an hour pretending to be wax sculptures of historical figures. Visitors to the event on February 25 pressed a “button” on a poster next to the student, and he or she would come to life and explain some facts about the person they had researched.

Miss Natalie Reeder, fourth grade language arts teacher, said the students had worked very hard. Each had to write a research paper about the person they were pretending to be. The unit as a whole helped teach reading and writing skills as well as letting students explore history. “They’re doing a wonderful job,” Reeder said.

The students were dressed in costumes and were very confident as they explained what they were best known for and gave a quote from their historical figure. Some of the “sculptures” included politicians like Thomas Jefferson and Nelson Mandela, scientists like Jane Goodall and George Washington Carver, and cultural figures like Walt Disney and Babe Ruth.

For more pictures of the event, see the March 3 edition of the Monitor.