Elementary curriculum teaches from 'Museum'
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Washington Elementary School third grade student Maya Lorenz hangs a stained glass drawing on the wall after learning about it in the Smithsonian Museum through on line virtual tours. Teacher Jamie Wolfe based the three week unit on the movie Night at the Museum to keep the students interested and involved. " They got more involved than I expected," said teacher Jamie Wolfe who will take the 75 students to the movie theater on Friday morning to see the new sequel of Night at the Museum.(The Pantagraph/LORI ANN COOK-NEISLER) (May 18, 2009)
BLOOMINGTON - For some Washington Elementary School students, history lessons can come from the silver screen.
Seventy-five third-graders are learning about historical figures - like Teddy Roosevelt and Amelia Earhart - through a program based on the 2006 movie "Night at the Museum."
The students also took online virtual tours of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., offered through the facility's Web site.
"They got more involved than I expected," said teacher Jamie Wolfe.
The Smithsonian is the setting of a new film, "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian." Wolfe plans to take her students to the theater on Friday morning to see the sequel.
Posted in News on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 12:00 am Updated: 11:38 am.
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