I Am Benjamin Franklin

During the month of February, Cole's class studied great Americans. The students got to choose which great American they would research and write a report on. They could pick anyone, dead or alive, as long as they were from America. This left the choices practically limitless....I mean anyone could have chosen me! Cole chose Benjamin Franklin. Ben was a bit disappointed because he thought he should have picked Elvis! Anyway, Cole read a biography on Ben Franklin, wrote a report, memorized a speech (also written by him), made a power point slide presentation complete with hand-drawn pictures that he scanned in himself (he did all of this at school), and dressed up like Ben Franklin for the Wax Museum. On the day of the Wax Museum all of the students dressed up like their great American, stood on a certain spot in the gym, and waited for anyone to come and "push" the red sticker (button) on their hand so they could give their speech. These kids only talked if someone pushed their "button", and they only said the words to their speech. They could have 5 people come up in a row, or one Annalisa re-push the same kids' button 3 times in a row!! Either way, they did a great job. Cole was embarrassed because his shirt was full of stuffing to make him fatter, so he kept his arms crossed the whole time. We got a pic of Annalisa mimiking him.....she adores Cole!