Wax Museum Project - Directions and Websites

Directions for Wax Museum Project

               

1.     Choose a person who lived during the American Revolution to research.

2.     Find the required information and record it on the biography report planning sheet.

3.     Then take the information you collected and use it to write a script for your Wax Museum presentation.  Remember that you will become the character, so you will need to write it in the first person.  For example: “Hello, my name is George Washington. I was born . . . .”

4.     You will need to dress up as your character.  Be creative and use things you already have at home to make your costume.

5.     Draw a background for yourself, which reflects something important from your character’s life.  Here are a few examples: George Washington lived at Mt. Vernon, so you could draw a picture of his house.  Ben Franklin was famous for his kite experiment, so you could draw a picture of him flying his kite on a stormy night.  John Paul Jones was a famous sea captain, so you could draw his ship battling the British.

6.     Memorize your script.

7.     The date of our Wax Museum will probably be 5:00 Wed. May 27. 

Good beginning point.  Lots of people's names, and, if you click on a name, it offers a quick overview of that individual.

http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/people.aspx

Other websites for research:

• http://ethemes.missouri.edu/themes/1353
 
• http://www.region18.org/page.cfm?p=1012
 
• http://www.dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Social_Studies/History/By_Region/North_America/United_States/Wars/Revolutionary_War/Biographies
 
• http://www.kidinfo.com/american_history/american_revolution.html
 
• http://www.42explore2.com/revolt.htm
 
• http://www.dasd-ew.org/history.htm
 
• http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/uslistrevolutionarywar.htm
 
• http://kids.yahoo.com/directory/Around-the-World/Countries/United-States/History/Colonial-Life-(1585-1783)/American-Revolutionary-War/Biographies