Wax Museum Project

You will be portraying a famous person for our “wax museum”. Here are some tips to follow:

1.  Learn all you can about that person – become an expert.

2.  Try to find a picture of that person to gather ideas for costumes and/or props.

3.  Choose information that will inform people and/or surprise them.

4.  Write a monologue using as much information as you can. The monologue must be in the first person and you must memorize it.

5.  Start thinking about props and costumes to portray your character. Keep it simple.

You will be graded on this project. There will be a possible 100 points broken down as follows:

25 points for research efforts – use textbooks, encyclopedias, biographies, news articles, computer sources. You only want information that will fill in your outline.

25 points for your monologue – you must write it using the information you researched, memorize it, and present it. (index cards will be supplied if you require cue cards)

25 points for props – costumes are not required; however they are more than welcome. One or two props are essential.

25 points for presentation – you must stay focused and in character at the museum, seriousness of purpose is important.

WAX MUSEUM OUTLINE

Student’s Name: ______

Famous Person: ______

Parent’s Signature: ______

Teacher’s Signature: ______

A.  Childhood

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B.  Adulthood

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C.  Reference Sources

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Wax Museum Ideas

The museum will be open on Tuesday, June 10th from 10-11 in the Shawnee Gym.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Rosa Parks

Gandhi

Abraham Lincoln

George Washington

Harriet Tubman

Albert Einstein

Ben Franklin

Babe Ruth

Princess Diana

George W. Bush

Audrey Hepburn

William Shakespeare

Neil Armstrong

Lance Armstrong

Henry Ford

Bill Gates

Thomas Jefferson

Milton Hershey

William Penn

Thomas Edison

Alexander Graham Bell

John D. Rockefeller

Marie Curie

The museum will be open on Tuesday, June 10th from 10-11 in the Shawnee Gym.

** If you have another person in mind that is not on this list, please see me for approval. **

** The person must be in good standing with the community and have a reputable background!**

The museum will be open on Tuesday, June 10th from 10-11 in the Shawnee Gym.