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Mingle and Munch is Time Warp for Sixth Graders
Ichthyologist Eugenie Clark was overheard telling director Stephen Spielberg that sharks are not evil.
Leonardo da Vinci spoke with the Wright Brothers, and later to Sally Ride, about his design for the airplane.
Runner Wilma Rudolf thanked Jonas Salk for helping others avoid the disease that she had, and Queen Elizabeth II discussed the difficulty of family relationships with Pocahontas, who would certainly know.
It could only be the time warp known as McDonogh's Sixth Grade Famous People Mingle and Munch. On Wednesday, January 9, in the lobby and on the stage of the Ceres M. Horn Theatre, costumed notables from ancient times to present day introduced themselves, saw maps of their origins, lined up in historic order, and conversed, in character, with one another.
Brought to McDonogh seven years ago by reading teacher Jeanne Mulligan, the Mingle and Munch activity is a creative way for students to understand the biography genre.
Students start by discussing the difference between people who are famous and worthy of admiration and people who are not, and why. Then, using biographies and other library resources, they profile famous people they admire. In the process, they discern the importance of historical context in any biographical study. They also learn how to complete a bibliography.
But the actual mingling and munching is everyone’s favorite. Students, of course, love to chat with other famous folks over doughnuts and juice. Sixth-grade teachers and parents, meanwhile, marvel over the clever conversations they witness.
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Ichthyologist Eugenie Clark was overheard telling director Stephen Spielberg that sharks are not evil.
Leonardo da Vinci spoke with the Wright Brothers, and later to Sally Ride, about his design for the airplane.
Runner Wilma Rudolf thanked Jonas Salk for helping others avoid the disease that she had, and Queen Elizabeth II discussed the difficulty of family relationships with Pocahontas, who would certainly know.
It could only be the time warp known as McDonogh's Sixth Grade Famous People Mingle and Munch. On Wednesday, January 9, in the lobby and on the stage of the Ceres M. Horn Theatre, costumed notables from ancient times to present day introduced themselves, saw maps of their origins, lined up in historic order, and conversed, in character, with one another.
Brought to McDonogh seven years ago by reading teacher Jeanne Mulligan, the Mingle and Munch activity is a creative way for students to understand the biography genre.
Students start by discussing the difference between people who are famous and worthy of admiration and people who are not, and why. Then, using biographies and other library resources, they profile famous people they admire. In the process, they discern the importance of historical context in any biographical study. They also learn how to complete a bibliography.
But the actual mingling and munching is everyone’s favorite. Students, of course, love to chat with other famous folks over doughnuts and juice. Sixth-grade teachers and parents, meanwhile, marvel over the clever conversations they witness.