Wax Museum Biography Research Report for 3rd - 6th Grade Social Studies Project
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Description
Need an easy to use, meaningful research project that your students, parents, and principal will love? This Wax Museum Project is a highlight of the year and will guide your students to create a biography research report on a famous person.
The culminating part of the project is an amazing Wax Museum event, where students dress up as the person they have learned about and stand “still”, like a Wax Museum, until someone walks up to them and presses the “button” on their backdrops to hear a short speech about that person's life. This time-saving unit has everything you need to create this memorable project and event!
This unit includes:
Project Directions for Students (includes an editable version)
Early Years Research Note Page
Later Years Research Note Page
Interesting Facts Note Page
Accomplishment Note Page
Timeline Example Page (an optional computer activity)
Bibliography Rough Draft Page
2 Press This Button Pages
Homework Page (for cover and backdrop photos, includes an editable version)
Student Cover Examples (2 pages)
Wax Museum Speech Directions (includes an editable version)
Writing Pages (Introduction, Life Story, Interesting Facts, Accomplishments, Bibliography)
A Lined Page with Room for an Editable Section for Notes or Writing Pages
Rubric (includes an editable version)
Teacher Notes (8 very detailed pages)
Why you'll love this resource:
- This is a "highlight" type of experience that your students will remember!!!
- It is a parent and principal pleasing project and can become a school tradition for many years to come!
- The project includes a number of skills, from researching, note taking, organizing materials, writing, public speaking, and more!
- The teacher notes are very detailed and lead you through the project step by step.
- Students take pride in their projects and learn so much from the process.
- It's a great event for parents and for the rest of the school who attend.
If you like this unit, you might also like these resources:
Fourth Grade California Travel Journal: A Research Report
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