By Dena Wood
The Times
Elementary Students Bring History to Life
Third Graders Host 'Living Museum'
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Third graders (back rows) enjoyed presenting living biographies to second graders earlier this month.
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg Elementary School third-grade teacher Marne Henderson loves finding unusual and exciting ways to bring learning to life for her students. Earlier this month, she accomplished that in a quite literal fashion when she challenged her students to bring historical figures to life as part of a "living museum."
Henderson's students spent the last several weeks studying biographies. As a culminating project, each third grader wrote a report and dressed up as the person they were studying. On May 1, the students arrived dressed in costume and prepared to share their knowledge...
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