Jacob's 5th and 6th grade elementary school hosted a living African American History Museum for the first time yesterday in celebration of Black History Month. It was fantastic with some children dressing like their great African American historical figures, some with Powerpoint slide shows and others with elaborate posters.
The sixth graders were spread out in the gym and cafeteria. They held pretend buttons that the fifth graders, teachers and parents pressed. Once pressed the sixth grader would provide a five minute presentation on their subject. It was quite a sight looking across the gym seeing so many sixth graders simultaneously making the presentations to the mostly attentive fifth graders.
Jacob choose to do his presentation on Dr. Benjamin Carson. His Uncle Jim who recently and unexpectedly passed away had given Jacob a copy of Dr. Carson's memoir, Gifted Hands. Uncle Jim met Dr. Carson at an inspirational talk the he did at Uncle Jim's church in Pennsylvania. Uncle Jim was a firm believer in Dr. Carson's philosophy - THINK BIG is Dr. Ben Carson’s philosophy which promotes outstanding academic achievement and dedication to helping others. Please visit Dr. Ben Carson's Carson Scholars Fund to see how Dr. Carson puts his philosophy to work for our young people.
In undergoing his research for this project, Jacob watched Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story with his sister, Antonia and I. Cuba Goodings, Jr. did a wonderful job portraying Ben Carson. The three of us were riveted to the screen as we watched the movie.
Here are copies of the posters that Jacob made with glogster.com to support his museum exhibit. The posters can also be viewed in their entirety on BlackChildrenWhiteParents Facebook page or at Early Years or Later Years.
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