Photos: Kids teaching history
For third-graders at Lynnwood Elementary School in Guilderland, a Living Wax Museum held last Friday capped weeks of reading biographies. At the event, held in the cafeteria, students told visitors — parents, fourth-graders, and second-graders — about the lives of the historical figures they portrayed.
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Proudly portraying heroes: Spencer Gray as Neil Armstrong holds up a moon rock, while Corey Celebucki salutes as Desmond Doss, the only World War II Medal of Honor winner who, as a conscientious objector, refused to carry a gun. In the museum, held in the school’s cafeteria, Lynnwood Elementary School third-graders told visitors — parents, fourth-graders, and second-graders — about the lives of the historical figures they chose to portray.
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Ornamented with colorful jewels and a plush snake, Alaina Winther was Cleopatra for a Living Wax Museum presented at Lynnwood Elementary School last week.
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Sequined glove: At left, James Farone holds up one white glove as Michael Jackson, while Jaden Brown is Barack Obama, with a microphone, and Kathleen McEnaney channels Jackie Kennedy Onassis.
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Pop-music history: Sophie Smolen became singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, complete with red guitar and red lipstick.
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Hard at work: Walt Disney — Luke Trifiletti — sketches a mouse with big black ears.
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“Have you seen this hair?”: That was the rhetorical answer, given with a dramatic toss of the head, by Liam Dreaney, at right, when asked why he chose to portray Albert Einstein. Joshua Ray, at left, chose Einstein too, as did a third child, not shown. The wax museum also saw four Abraham Lincolns and two Helen Kellers.