This was such a fun and creative project that I just had to share! At our school we have a "Museum Night" (Open House) where parents go through all the grade levels (6 classes of each, K-5) and see different projects. This year fourth grade decided to do a "Historical Figure Project". This was an "at home project" and we got great feedback from our families. Students chose a historical figure they wanted to research. We tied this learning opportunity to our Expository Writing standards and had the students hand write their papers instead of type them up. This really helped prevent the whole "copy & paste" from the internet papers. After my students chose who they wanted to research I googled images of their historical figure and printed out a head. I sent home a "head" of their historical figure and these instructions {
Click here to download}.
I was so pleased and excited to see the finished products! They turned out FABULOUS!!!!! Our fourth grade team adorned the halls with these incredible historical figures and the writing that went with it. All the visitors just loved what they saw and were really impressed with our awesome 4th graders. Here are some examples of just a few of the wonderful figures:
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| Anne Frank |
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| Steve Jobs |
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| Sitting Bull |
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| Picasso |
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| Even though this isn't a bulletin board you certainly use the idea for a bulletin board. And because of this I have joined Miss B, Busy Bee's Bulletin Board Linky Party! Click on the bee pic above and see other bulletin board ideas! |
What kind of displays or activities do you do for your Open House?
