Wax+Museum+Project

On this page, you will find links to information about real wax museums, wax museum projects created by kids like you, and information about the people you have decided to immortalize in wax.

[|MADAME TUSSAUD'S WAX MUSEUM IN MANHATTAN]

[|WELLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAX MUSEUM]

[|NATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME] **(Contains short biographies of many famous women--search alphabetically.)**

[|**Anne Frank Museum in Amsterdam**] [|Video] about Anne Frank's Diary--explains how journals or diaries can help us learn about a particular time in history. Just write your first and last name in the empty box and you will be able to see the video. [|Video] of Anne Frank on BrainPop (you will have to sign in to Brain Pop).
 * ANNE FRANK**

[|Florence Nightingale at Garden of Praise website] [|Florence Nightingale Paper Doll] (good for costume idea) [|Video] about Florence Nightingale at Discovery Education--just type your first and last name in the box and you will be able to see the video. [|Florence Nightingale info] from the Weller School [|Biography] of Florence Nightingale
 * FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE

MARY ANNING** Information from the kids at [|Pocantico Hills School] (follow the links at the bottom of the page for even more information)

[|Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum] (Click on the "//Amelia Earhart"// link on the side.)** [|**Amelia Earhart Official Website**] [|**Video**] about Amelia Earhart at BrainPop (You must sign in to BrainPop to watch the video.)
 * AMELIA EARHART

[|Helen Keller Kid's Museum] (Be sure to click on the link at the bottom for more information about Helen Keller.) [|Video] about Helen Keller at BrainPop (You must sign in to BrainPop to watch the video.) Information about Helen Keller from the kids at the [|Pocantico Hills School] (follow the links at the bottom of the page for even more information.) [|The Life of Helen Keller] [|Quick Facts] about Helen Keller [|Video] about the early life of Helen Keller at Discovery Education. (You must type your first and last name into the empty box to view the video.)
 * HELEN KELLER

VINNIE REAM [|Image of Vinnie Ream] (good for costume idea)

ELIZABETH CADY STANTON [|Article] about Elizabeth Cady Stanton Elizabeth Cady Stanton @ [|PBS Kids] Video about [|Women's Voting] at Brain Pop (you must sign in on Brain Pop to view the video)

HARRY HOUDINI [|Time Line] of Harry Houdini's life [|harry houdini article.pdf] [|Article] about Harry Houdini [|Houdini Tribute] website

ROSA PARKS [|Video] about Rosa Parks at Discovery Education (enter your first and last name) A play about Rosa Parks--[|Rosa Park's Play.pdf] Information about Rosa Parks from [|Garden of Praise] website Article about Rosa Parks at [|Enchanted Learning]

CLEOPATRA A [|short story about Cleopatra]. It is written as if she herself is telling it.

LADY BIRD JOHNSON An article about Lady Bird Johnson at [|Whitehouse.gov] An [|article] about Lady Bird Johnson (start at the 10th paragraph)

DAVY CROCKETT An [|article] about Davy Crockett Another [|article] about Davy Crockett

THOMAS JEFFERSON Biography of Thomas Jefferson at [|Whitehouse.gov]

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN A short biography of Benjamin Franklin at [|US History] [|Images] of Ben Franklin (good for costume ideas) Information about Ben Franklin and his many achievements at [|Ben's Guide] to government. Information about Ben Franklin from the kids at [|Pocantico Hills] school. A [|video] about Benjamin Franklin at Brain Pop (you must sign in to Brain Pop to see it) A [|video] about Benjamin Franklin at Discovery Education.

FREDERIC CHOPIN A short [|article] about Chopin Chopin at the [|NY Philharmonic Kids' Zone]

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Martin Luther King, Jr. article and timeline at [|Enchanted Learning] [|Video]about Martin Luther King, Jr. at Brain Pop (you must sign in to Brain Pop)**