Jenna's 2nd grade Living Wax Museum

This year in Jenna's class her teacher, Mrs. Struebing, let the kids pick a famous historical character to research and portray as a wax statue that when you pushed a button on each character, it would give you interesting facts about the character. Jenna picked Pocahontas. My mom made Jenna's costume and she looked so cute. We wrote all of the research we did on her down in small, easy to remember lines that Jenna could recite when her button was pushed. This is what "Pocahontas" had to say:

"Hi, my name is Pocahontas, the daughter of a powerful chief. As a child I gave food to the starving colonists. I saved my friend, John Smith's life by cradling his head before he could be clubbed to death. I was born in Virginia in 1595 and died in 1617. I married John Rolf and had a baby boy named Thomas. I went to England where I was introduced as a Princess to the King and Queen. I had no formal education, but everything I knew, I learned from my mother and other women in my tribe."

She looked so cute and did such a great job. She was chosen as one of the students to give her oral presentation to the first grade classes. I was so proud of her!! What a great way for kids to learn about history and how to do research. Jenna really enjoyed this project and so did all of the kids in her class. They were all so excited to give their presentations.