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ThirdgradersatTolenasElementaryputonalivingwaxmuseumexhibit,
celebratingBlackHistoryMonth,Wednesday.PicturedhereareDylan
Weaver,left,asJackieRobinson,andJosiahBoydVaughn,right,asCharles
Drew.(RobinsonKuntz/DailyRepublic)

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Childrentacklehistoryduring
WaxMuseumproject
BySusanWinlow

FrompageA1|February26,2015

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FAIRFIELDBaseballgreatJackieRobinsonpaidavisitWednesdayto
TolenasElementarySchool.

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Wearingabackwardsnavyblueballcapandablueandwhitebaseball
shirt,heclutchedabaseballandbaseballgloveashetoldTolenas
studentsfiveimportantfactsabouthimself.

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Itsprettyfun,hesaid,ashestoodinthelibrarydescribinghisvisit.
Fiftyimportantpeople,includingCorettaScottKing,MedgarEvers,
MalcolmX,PresidentBarackObamaandeventheThrillerking
himself,MichaelJackson,cametoteachthechildrenatTolenasabout
famousblackfiguresthroughouthistory,includingcurrenttimes,ina
celebrationofBlackHistoryMonth.
Ofcourse,thesehistoricalandcurrentpillarswerentreallyinFairfield,
butthethirdgradersinMelbaThompkinsandBetsyHopsclasses
playedthepartsWednesday,educatingtheirpeersinaLivingWax
Museumprojectthathadthestudentsresearchingandwritingtheir
parts,andpracticing,forthepastmonth.

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Theyworkedsohard,Hopsaid.Improudofthem.

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ThestudentsDylanWeaver,8,playedJackieRobinsonpickedavast
rangeoffiguresfromsportsidolstoastronauts,politicalfigures,doctors,
academics,entertainersandmanynotsocommonnamessuchas
PatriciaBath,MaeJemisonandRalphEllison.

Conservative,liberalgroupsgearupfor

Thestudentseachlearnedfivefactsabouttheiradoptedpersonasandas
touringfirstthroughfifthgradeclassescamethroughthelibrary,a
buttonwaspushedandthefivefactswererecited.Thegoalwasto
introduceculturaldiversity,Thompkinssaid,whoaddedthatshedidnt
reallylearnaboutblackfiguresuntilshewenttocollege.

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Wehavesuchadiverseschoolsoitsimportantwedothingslikethis,
Hopsaid.

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Somestudentsdevelopedquiteanaffinityforthecharactertheyplayed.
GraceMercado,8,learnedaboutCorettaScottKingandlearned,along
withbeingthewifeofMartinLutherKingJr.,shewasalsoanauthor.
AndIlovebooks,Gracesaid.Ilovestories.Ireallylovebooks.She
inspiredme.
JonathanCamacho,8,tookonthefigureofMedgarEvers.
Ididntlikeitwhenhedied.Hegotshot,Jonathansaid.
BothHopandThompkinssaidthatthehandsonprojectresonateswith
thestudentsandallowsthemtoretaintheknowledge.Thompkins
pointedatHopasanexample.WhenHopwasinthirdgradesheplayed
RosaParksinasimilarschoolprojectHopsexperiencewasthe
catalystforthecurrentprojectatTolenas.
Thisiswhatsticks,Hopsaid.Theywillrememberforeverwhothey
(portrayed).IwasRosaParks.Ievenshowedthestudentsaphoto.
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Sylviaherrera

February26,20155:39am

Innovativewaytoinvolvethestudentsintheirlearningofhistoricalfigures!Great
jobandlookedlikefuntoo!
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