My students need poster boards and headers to help organize and present museum exhibit information. My students need matting, stencils, and foam to help make the exhibits look professional.
$1,297 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
Our students are looking to honor those who served in World War II by creating a series of museum displays and bringing in guest speakers to commemorate Victory in Europe. The supplies will help them make the backgrounds and information boards for their exhibits.
The more than 350 tenth grade students participating in this project attend a public high school in Illinois.
Drawing from more than 10 classes, this group is made up of an incredible range of academic abilities and interests and represent a wide range of ethnic, religious, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds (27% are reported as free or reduced lunch recipients). My students display an assortment of school involvement from athletes to band members and honor rollers to regulars in the dean's office. They are highly motivated by activities that allow them to be social and that offer some ability for them to showcase their knowledge and talents.
My Project
The Social Science department is hosting a VE Day Celebration. VE Day, short for Victory in Europe, marks the end of WWII in the European Theater. This day is celebrated to honor all those who fought in Allied Forces to maintain freedom around the world. As part of this celebration, a variety of veterans are being invited to speak to groups of students and a museum of historical items and events will be constructed for the entire school to see.
In order to accomplish such a large event, we need student help. Students are challenged to develop a museum quality historical exhibit centered on events, people, ideas or elements pertaining to World War II. Exhibit must be self-explanatory and contain the following pieces: an original visual aid depicting the element, written explanations and labels, and an annotated bibliography. We are asking for poster boards and headers, paint markers, and accent frames to make the exhibit backgrounds and informational boards professional quality.
Donations to this request will provide the basic materials for students to begin building their projects.
The materials provided will help equalize the opportunities for all of the groups. Students from the past recall it as a highlight of their historical education, and those students didn't have the opportunity to participate as anything other than observers. Students will be active participants in this memorial event. Their exhibits will be shared with the entire student body and community.
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