Third-grade students at Dodge Literacy Magnet were treated to a blast from the past with a panorama of historical figures on March 28. The students were part of a “living museum,” where they taught their fellow students about history. 

Each student was assigned to research and represent a particular figure in history, such as Paul Revere, Harriet Tubman, or Walter Cronkite. Each third-grade class represented a different era of history; one class represented the 1700’s, one the 1800’s, and one the 1900’s.

The students stood motionless until someone pushed a “button” on their hand, at which point the student would “come to life” and talk about the life of the historical figure, and what that person did for history. The live museum was the end result of two months of research.

A Dodge student dresses as Paul Revere for his living museum project. Photo by Josh Bolen