A Night at the Wax Museum

The entire 5th Grade put on a "Living Wax Museum." Each child chose an historical person whom they wanted to research. Each child then wrote up a little dialogue to share as if they were the true historical figure. Costumes and props were added to give a sense of reality. Five classrooms were emptied then filled with "wax" figures waiting patiently, frozen in a pose of their choice until a visitor to the museum came by and pressed their button. The character would spring to life relating a tale about his life and then resume a frozen pose to conclude. It was really cool and I learned a lot.

Noah chose to be Samuel Langhorne Clemens more commonly known as Mark Twain. I was surprised by Noah's choice. Noah apparently had read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and was inspired by it. He now joins other famous critics in offering his praise for this book as well as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Prince and the Pauper. Noah and I enjoyed reading some of his humorous quotes. Noah's favorite quote that he included in his monologue is, "I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it... The Almighty has said, no doubt: 'Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together.'" Interestingly, Mark Twain died the night after he observed Hailey's Comet in the sky.