Living Museum Assignment
Due: Friday, May 22nd, 2015
Students will research to learn about a person from the past who made a difference.
(Attached to these instructions is a sample list to choose from.) Each student will dress
up like that person and be a part of a “Living Museum”. Parents and other students will
come to visit our museum to learn about these people. Each museum student will wear a
button for the visitors to “press” to hear about the life of that person.
Step 1: Choose a person for our “Living Museum.” (Due by Thurs., Mar. 26, 2015)
In order to not have any duplicates, students should select 5 people, in case the first
choice is not available. This list is a sample and not necessarily complete. If you wish to
select a person who is not on this list, write the person’s name on your selection sheet and
turn in a short paragraph explaining who this person was and why you chose this person.
(The sooner you return your selection paper, the better your chances of receiving one of
your first choices.)
Step 2: Go with an adult to the library or on-line to research information about this
person’s life. You should find out:
- Birthdate and deathdate (if not living)
- Where the person was born and lived
- Information about the childhood of that person
- How that person made a difference
- Other interesting facts about that person’s life
- Character qualities of that person: perseverance, self-discipline, responsible,
caring, curious, respectful, citizenship, courageous, integrity, etc….
Step 3: Write a simple biography (story about that person’s life) in the first-person point
of view. Be sure to include the information from above. This speech should last from 1
to 3 minutes. (Show the rough draft to your teacher by Friday, May 8th, 2015.) You
will take it back home the same day.
Eg. My name is Helen Keller. I was born….
Step 4: At the end of your speech (biography), be sure to explain how that person is
remembered, using descriptive character qualities. If this person showed courage, also
include that information.
Step 5: Create a timeline of the person’s life, noting the important events of his/her life,
as well as important events in the history of that time period.
Step 6: Put your written report together. It should include a title page, which includes
the name of the person you researched, your name, and date. After the title page should
be the written report (speech in first person) that you will be memorizing. Next, should
be the timeline. At the end, include a simple bibliography, stating where you got your
information. (This report may be typed or hand-written. If it is typed, the student should
do the typing.) Staple these papers together with one staple in the upper left corner or put
it in a report folder, not a binder.
Step 7: Make note cards for yourself to help you remember your biography. The note
cards should not be a rewritten copy of the biography, but rather some NOTES to help
you remember what to say. You should be able to glance at them if you forget
something.
Step 8 (OPTIONAL/HELPFUL): If you would like to create a poster or other props for
your museum exhibit, you may. These might help you to tell your biography or answer
questions that visitors may have. They also might make your exhibit more interesting.
Amelia Earhart
Sally Ride
Martha Washington
Jackie Robinson
Paul Revere
Benjamin Franklin
Susan B. Anthony
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Sacagawea
Anne Sullivan
Louis Braille
Thomas Edison
Cesar Chavez
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
Florence Nightingale
Walt Disney
Albert Einstein
Clara Barton
Jane Goodall
Overview:
Christopher Reeve
Ronald Reagan
John F. Kennedy
Matthew Henson
Jane Addams
Theodore Roosevelt
Alexander Graham Bell
Chief Joseph
Sitting Bull
Mary Edwards Walker
John Chapman
Amadeus Mozart
Princess Diana
Leonardo DaVinci
Pablo Picasso
Bob Hope
Babe Ruth
Betsy Ross
Neil Armstrong
Daniel Boone
Louis Armstrong
Thurgood Marshall
Dolores Huerta
John Muir
Davy Crockett
Michael J. Fox
Dian Fossey
Roberto Clemente
Lance Armstrong
Geronimo
Woody Guthrie
Maya Lin
Juliette Gordon Low
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Pocahontas
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Partick Henry
Thomas Jefferson
Nelson Mandela
Diego Rivera
Milton Hershey
Frida Kahlo
Choose a person by Thursday, Mar. 26
Show teacher rough draft by Friday, May 8th
Complete project due Friday, May 22nd
*** Please be sure to bring everything to school on Friday, May 22nd, including your
costume, so that we can begin setting up our museum to present the following week. We
need to have time to rehearse.
Living Museum Presentation
For
Parents and Family
Friday, May 29, 2015
8:20 am in the 2nd Grade Area
Some of the
CA State
Standards
Addressed
in this
Culminating
Project
2.0 CREATIVE EXPRESSION: Students apply processes and skills in acting, directing, designing, and script writing
to create formal and informal theatre, film/videos, and electronic media productions and to perform in them.
2.5 SOCIAL STUDIES: Students understand the importance of individual action and character and explain how heroes
from long ago and the recent past have made a difference in others' lives (e.g., from biographies of Abraham Lincoln,
Louis Pasteur, Sitting Bull, George Washington Carver, Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Golda Meir, Jackie Robinson,
Sally Ride).
2.1 SOCIAL STUDIES: Students differentiate between things that happened long ago and things that happened
yesterday. (3. Place important events in their lives in the order in which they occurred (e.g., on a time line or
storyboard).
2.2 LANGUAGE ARTS SPEAKING: Report on a topic with facts and details, drawing from several sources of
information.
Return this page to your teacher no later than Thursday, Mar. 26th.
Remember the sooner you return it, the better chance you’ll have of getting
one of your first choices.
***I have read the instructions for the assignment and will work together
with my parent/s to complete the assignment and participate in the “2 nd
Grade Living Museum”.
Living Museum Person (Choose 5 in case of duplicates)
1. __________________________________
2. __________________________________
3. __________________________________
4. __________________________________
5. __________________________________
Student’s Name _______________________________________
Parent’s Signature _____________________________________
We look forward to seeing parents and family at our culminating project,
The 2nd Grade Living Museum. Thank you for supporting your child’s
learning this year!