For the third straight year, Ms. Vanessa Fulmore’s fourth graders presented Our History, Our Heroes: Black History Living Wax Museum at Southgate Elementary School. As part of their studies during Black History Month in February, each student in Ms. Fulmore’s class selected an influential black figure in history for a research project. Some students chose from a list, while others picked someone based on their own interests and passions. Each student created an informational report, as well as a visual presentation, and the project culminated with the living wax museum.
On Thursday afternoon, students dressed up and transformed into their influential figure, bringing that person’s story to life with a live biographical reading when prompted with the touch of a button. Parents were in attendance to hear the stories of Jackie Robinson, Condoleeza Rice, Stevie Wonder, Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Wilma Rudolph, Louis Armstong, Misty Copeland, Muhammad Ali, George Washington Carver, Madam CJ Walker and Michael Jackson among others. Before the presentations, Ms. Fulmore reminded her students that it is a privilege to tell someone else’s story and that those people’s legacies are living on through their presentations. Congratulations to the students for putting on an incredible event and for representing these influential figures with such dignity and pride.
