Our Arizona Living History Museum! The kids were AMAZING!!!

At our Living History Museum, each student researched a famous Arizonan and created a characterization of this person! They wrote a report, made a poster, and were prepared to answer questions about their figure in Arizona's history!

I was so impressed with the way the students worked on this and answered questions the day of the "living museum"!

I really feel all of their Discovery Speech practice over the course of the year helped to make them more at ease in front of an "audience"!

GREAT JOB, GUYS!!!

Our Door...

Poster Sample...

Our Visitors...

Is that Jan Brewer back near the whiteboard glancing at us???

Talking with Ira Hayes...

It's John Wesley Powell!

Hello, Coronado!

Fray Marcos de Niza joined us...

Hi, Judge Sandra Day O' Connor!

Rose Mofford prepping for the opening...Do you see the bee in her hair? hehehe

Father Kino was sure entertaining!

Cabeza de Vaca joined us as well!

Lori Piestewa with Sandra, Ira Hayes, and Father Kino

Kit Carson brought some pelts...

It's Geronimo and Sharlot Hall!

Frances Willard Munds encouraging all women to fight for the right to vote!

I LOVED Rose's hairdo...What a lady!!!

Cabeza answering questions...

Cesar Chavez and Powell (poor guy lost one of his arms) greet each other!

Janet Napolitano greeted everyone as they walked into the museum!

Barry Goldwater sat with John McCain and Sandra Day O'Connor!

Thanks to all the kids (and parents) for putting your ALL into this project!!!

Some Pics from the AZ State Capitol Field Trip!

It was so much fun to visit the state capitol and to reinforce all the things we have been learning this year regarding the Grand Canyon State!

Exhibit we saw @ the Desert Botanical Garden: Chihuly: The Nature of Glass

When visiting the Desert Botanical Garden, our class had the opportunity to see an exhibition by renowned glass sculpture artist Dale Chihuly. The exhibit, Chihuly: The Nature of Glass, was located throughout the Garden!

Here are some pictures we captured of his work!

Arizona Living History Museum Project Information!

There is no homework packet this week because of AIMS Testing NEXT week. However, I have assigned our Arizona Living Museum Project so that the students can start on that. This is always a FUN activity that allows for the students to be creative and showcase the report writing/presentation skills they have been building upon this school year! Each child has been assigned a figure in Arizona.

Please read over the assignment “syllabus”, which includes an outline for the written biography, questions that MUST be answered within the written report and during the Living Museum, a timeline for getting all components of the project done by our presentation date of April 28th, and a note for you to sign acknowledging your understanding of the project!

I have sent a paper copy of the project home with the students in their homework folder. This week, I am asking that the children only do their 120 min reading and possibly get started on the AZ project.

***Please sign your child’s HW folder and send back the “Note of Understanding.”
THIS WILL BE CONSIDERED THE HOMEWORK FOR THIS WEEK.

All information can be found to the right or here!

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