Gardiners Avenue Students Create 'Living Wax Museum'

Inspiring individuals came to life as Levittown’s Gardiners Avenue Elementary School fourth graders created a living wax museum.

This unique project showcased the students’ research on persons who inspire them and provided an opportunity to teach fellow classmates facts about these important and interesting individuals.

“The students enjoyed the opportunity to step into someone else’s life and teach their schoolmates about what they learned,” teacher Gale Glickman said.

The students first researched their individual by finding information in the library and on the Internet. They created a biography poster, which included illustrations of their subject, famous quotes by and about their individual and fun facts. The students, dressed in costume, then lined up much like a museum and “came to life” as peers gave them a tap. Reading a prepared speech, the guests learned about impressive artists, pioneers, political figures and scientists.

Submitted by Levittown Schools

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