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Fremont students create live wax museum of historical figures

Posted May 17, 2018 1:00 am

By Steve Lundy

Famous figures came to life Thursday as more than 50 fifth-graders at Fremont Intermediate School in Mundelein staged a live wax museum.

Students in Sandra Bade and Sherry McAndrews' class have been studying a period of U.S. history that spans from the Native Americans to the Revolutionary War and the Civil War.

Students selected an historical person to research, dressed as that person and told stories about the character they were portraying.

"These figures are motion activated," McAndrews told visitors. "They will talk if you stand in front of them."

"We think this project makes learning more meaningful and impactful because it involves choice, creativity, and supports a variety of learning styles," she added.

Some of the characters represented in Thursday's event were Sacagawea, Abraham Lincoln and William Penn.

Graham Ney, a fifth grade student at Fremont Intermediate School, plays the role of Abraham Lincoln during a live wax museum at the Mundelein school. Students portrayed famous characters from U.S. history during the class project. Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com

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