Northview Intermediate hosts Wax Museum

Sep 01, 2023

KODAK

History came alive at Northview Intermediate Friday morning as famous people of the past traveled to the present to share their stories for the school's wax museum.

The school's fifth graders donned costumes and lined up in the school's gymnasium, sharing a bit of the history of the person they were portraying.

"You push the gold button and the wax figure comes alive and tells you about themselves," said social studies teacher Clynette Pemberton.

Pemberton said it is a tradition they have done with their fifth graders over the years. This year 120 students participated, getting creative with their costumes and learning about their figure in history, whether it was Amelia Earhart, George Washington or Dolly Parton.

"It is a good activity to take history out of the history book. It allows the history facts to come alive. The children have researched and written their own paragraph about the person," Pemberton said.

"It can be anybody out of our social studies book."

Cicily Cox portrayed John D. Rockefeller, the famous industrialist behind Standard Oil, which controlled 90% of the oil refineries prior to the creation of antitrust laws.

"I just thought he was pretty inspiring because he owned all the oil in America," Cox said. "I found it interesting since there are antitrust monopoly laws (now)."

Cox said they worked on their paragraph, reading it to Mrs. Pemberton each day in the weeks leading up to the wax museum.