Project Requirements

Dear Parents,

Seven Hills 4th Grade Students will be having a “Wax Museum” on Friday, May 13th. During this day, students will be sharing information that they’ve learned about a famous and important person they’ve selected to study. In addition, students will need to dress up and act like this person. Parents, grandparents, and fellow Seven Hills students will be invited to see all of our hard work on Friday, May 13th in the Fourth Grade Hallway and Class area from 2:30-3:30 p.m. History will come alive for Seven Hills kids.

Students will be required to complete this project mainly as homework. This will be a graded assignment and we will spend some time in Writing helping prepare the kids. To begin, students will need to choose a person they would like to learn more about, a person who is important in American or World History. Good examples are pictured on the front of this packet: Thomas Edison, Sally Ride, Abraham Lincoln, Queen Elizabeth, Martin Luther King Jr., and Amelia Earhart. Musicians (Justin Bieber) athletes (LeBron James) or movie stars (Jennifer Lawrence) do not meet the requirement. After selecting a person to study, students will need to locate information in books or online about their person. Students will be given some time in the next week or two to visit our school library to try and find a biography about their person and also to use the internet to search for facts and information.

Parents are welcome to help their child in all phases of this project. We hope you find this to be a fun and valuable learning experience. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

Thanks!

Mr. Sirovy Ms. Hoehn Mr. Foley

Project Requirements

Tuesday, Apr. 12: Turn in the “Name of Person I Want to Study” page. Make sure to have at least two people selected in case there are others kids in your class who want the same person.

Tuesday, Apr. 19: Turn in 15 facts about your person. The facts need to tell, in chronological order, about your person’s life and why they are famous/important. At least half of the facts need to center around what important thing(s) your person did. The rest can be about when they were born, where they lived, and other interesting details about their life.

Tuesday, Apr. 26: Turn in your written speech. Your speech does not need to contain all 15 of your facts, but a minimum of nine are required. Speech needs to be written on index cards (of any size) and written in first person narrative. Ex: “Hi, my name is George Washington and I was born on….”.

Tuesday, May. 10: Speech must be memorized.

Friday, May. 13: Performance Day – Must bring (not wear) costume to school and be ready to perform from 2:30-3:30 p.m. in Fourth Grade Hallway and Class area!

Name of Person I Want to Study

Student’s Name:______

First Choice:______

This person is famous/important for:______

Second Choice:______

This person is famous/important for:______

Parent Signature:______

Turn this page into your teacher by Tuesday, April 12. We are not allowing more than one student per classroom to study any individual person, so that is why each student will need to choose at least two people.

Wax Museum Project

Due Dates:

Tuesday, April 12 Name of person you are studying

Tuesday, April 19 15 Facts about your person due

Tuesday, April 26 Written speech turned in

Tuesday, May 10 Speech memorized

Friday, May 13 Wax Museum – 2:30-3:30 p.m.

Time Line (15 important events of his/her life in time order on a time line in complete sentences)

Use the space below to list your 15 important events and dates for your time line.

Famous American “Wax Museum” Speech Reminders

·  You will be giving your speech in front of people who will be visiting our Historical Person Wax Museum. I will be grading you on your speech for a Social Studies and writing grade.

·  You need to write your main points on note cards so you can peek at them if you need to during your speech. Your speech is a verbal-version of your Research Report.

·  Your speech should not go over five minutes and should be at least three minutes long.

·  Remember to dress up like your character and when talking about the famous person, use “I” and “me” in your speech. Therefore, your paper should be written in first person.

·  Make sure you speak in a loud and clear voice and maintain eye contact with your listener(s). Pay close attention to your speaking speed and don’t rush your speech.

·  Have fun! Enjoy your speech and be ready to answer any questions people may ask you about “you”.