Lesson Plan: Wax Museum (6/7)​

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Applying What You Have Learned

On the following pages are lesson plans that can be used to integrate Mildred D. Taylor books  in your program planning. The lesson plans are intended to be an optional resource that you may adapt for use in your classroom.  The worksheets at the bottom of each lesson plan are part of the required coursework (not optional).

Please read each lesson plan carefully and then answer the question at the bottom of the page.

Wax Museum

Age Group: 

• School-age​ (Grade 5)

Objectives:

• Students will present information through research about a different culture

Washington Common Core State Standard:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.4
Report on a topic or text or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.

Materials: 

• Research materials
• Assorted materials to create a costume and presentation

Procedure: 

1. Have students read a book about a culture or person from another culture of their choosing.
2. Next, students should research the culture and develop a presentation about the culture including the following components:​
   1. ​Food
   2. Dress
   3. Holidays
   4. Language
3. Students should develop a costume and props as well as a display to give a “wax museum” presentation about their studied culture.

Assessment: 

• Assess the presentation of ideas in written and oral form.

This is assignment 6 of 7 .

Worksheet

Mildred D. Taylor and Cultural Awareness * Wax Museum * Page 15 (6/7)​​ 

Contact Information

Course Navigation Menu

1. Course Agenda
2. About Mildred D. Taylor
3. Author of Nine Novels
4. Pre-Assessment (1/7)
5. Cultural Awareness & Literature
6. Cultural Worldview (2/7)

​7. Reign in your Bias
8. Steps to Eliminate Biases
9. Biases & Interactions (3/7)
10. Taylor Books & Awareness
11. Bridging the Gap
12. How to Bridge the Gap

13. Silhouette  Character Portrait (4/7)
14. "Me Soup" (5/7)
15. Wax Museum (6/7)
16. End of Course Quiz (7/7)
17. Course Evaluation Form
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