Third-grade students embodied their favorite historical figures.
By
Amanda Sebastiano
| 11:49 a.m. October 30, 2015
East County
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Have you visited a museum in which you could learn about Albert Einstein, Martin Luther King Jr., Amelia Earhart and the author of "Harry Potter" series J.K. Rowling all in one place?
For the second year, Gene Witt Elementary third-grade students chose and researched historical or important people in society. The culmination of their month-long efforts was a Living Museum exhibit held Oct. 30 in the courtyard of the East County school.
Parents and students in other grade levels listened to presentations by the more than 100 students, who dressed the part, with gray wigs, glasses, ruffled shirts, swords and other props that aligned with their role model's life and accomplishments.
"They did these projects all by themselves," third-grade teacher Elizabeth Brack said. "This project gives shy students a chance to better communicate, and for the kids to be someone different for a day. They also learned research skills and how to present information. This is a great assignment."
Shadrach Thien is interested in space, that's why he chose to write his project on Neil Armstrong.
Hellen Keller met 15 presidents, third-grader Lily Rogers said.
Serena Dilldind studies Carley Chan's presentation on Amelia Earhart.
Diego Gomez describes Thomas Jefferson as "a good man who liked to invent a lot of things."
Madeline Egan chose to study Martin Luther King Jr., because of his activist work on segregation.
Jaxen McPheron believes she and her historical role model, activist and zoologist Rachel Carson, have much in common, such as their love for animals.
Kayla Cadet asks Pocahontas, or Kathleen Martin, about her project.
Lucas Stanley wanted to write his project based on one of his favorite presidents, Abraham Lincoln.
Patrick Blenker learned that Ferdinand Magellan traveled more than 42,000 in his ship, Victoria.
Daria Dziubek didn't shy away from portraying a male figure she admires, Walt Disney.
Christopher Martin told Caleb Hynson about the life and achievements of Benjamin Franklin.
Sean Crowley believes Albert Einstein was the smartest physicist he has learned about.
His love for cars inspired Kyle Tufariello to craft his project around Henry Ford.
Leonardas Vapsva couldn't help but notice the name resemblance to the historical figure he chose to learn about, Leonardo da Vinci.
Mason Lee brings Beethoven back to life with his presentation.
