Musée de cire des héros américains de l'école primaire Wasatch

On March 10, the Wasatch Elementary 5th graders hosted their American Heroes Wax Museum. Each year, the students work on this project, where they select a notable figure from US history to do a special report on. 

After months of studying, writing, and preparing, the students take an afternoon to dress up as that hero, sit in front of their display, and recite a 30-second monologue whenever someone comes up and presses a “button” (a drawing by their desk with an appropriate label). 

While picking their subject, students are allowed to choose any notable figure from American history. The teachers are equipped with a suggestion list, and many students opt for one of the characters provided. However, as those attending the “museum” might notice, several students have chosen to study more unique characters. 

One student, for example, stands in front of his trifold poster, imitating the famous painter and television personality Bob Ross. Another student stands in front of a presentation of a juvenile fiction author, excited for a younger student or a parent to come up and press her colored button so she can tell them about her favorite author. 

Throughout the entire classroom, there is a nervous, excited energy. All of the students’ parents are visiting their children in their classrooms to see and appreciate their hard work. The 5th graders’ lower classmen are taking a miniature, cross-classroom field trip into the ad hoc history museum, pressing a button to see the cool older students burst into life and tell them about Dr. Seuss’s favorite breakfast–green eggs and ham, of course. 

One can’t help but imagine the past years as these very students ventured into the fifth grader’s classrooms, to see how cool their fifth-grade experience will be. 

Legacy projects, like this American Heroes Wax Museum, do many things for these students’ educations. Knowing they will be performing for their parents and the younger students motivates each student to do their best. Because this occurs each year, many of the students have likely already considered their choices when it comes time to select a hero. 

All these thing make this event something the students want to put their all into, and the kinds of projects students will remember for a lifetime.

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