In fifth grade, they do something called “Living Museum”.
That is where the kids all choose a person from American history to research, write an essay about, and then dress up like and present a speech as if they are that person.
You want to know how many times I heard about this project???
None!
That is until last night when he needed to make a three-sided board. We did it together….and it was about a 15% effort job. Then this morning before school, Scout informed me he needed to dress up like Bruce Lee, and that I was able to come and see the whole thing. I told him I wasn’t sure I wanted to go, now that I knew all of the parents would be there. I asked, and was previously under the impression that it was only a student demonstration.
I went….and was dying!!!
Amongst George Washington, Betsy Ross, James Madison, and other very influential American historical figures… (with excellent costumes)…
Was Bruce Lee!
Someone who was “ripped”, “legit” and a “hollywood actor”.
Wow…way to shoot for the moon Scout!
But quite honestly…he had a whole paragraph memorized, and when anyone came to “slap his hand” he went into full Bruce Lee mode. He gave his tidbit, made all of the kids crack up, and had a line of people to see him over and over. I kid you not…he is THE ONLY ONE who had a line. And it was the whole time! I kept hearing parents ask, “Who is Bruce Lee?” When they heard it was Scout…they would all say, “I should have guessed!”
Is that good? Or bad?
I’m pretty sure it was good, because I guarantee that the only person anyone walked away knowing more about, was “Bruce Lee who was trained by IPMan.”
Like usual…Scout pulled it off.
He was the total hit of the living museum.
And when I saw Ms. Napoli, she said, “Scout is my favorite! He always goes outside of the box, and makes things interesting and fun.”
Little does she know, that Scout already studied Bruce Lee and gave a speech on him in 2nd grade. I’m pretty sure he will have many, many more projects on Bruce Lee in the future. Why not, when you can read one book and cover grades 2-12 projects?!
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