The teachers have voted, and here are the winners.
(To see last year's American history project winners, click here.)
1st Place:
The "Black Death House," Medieval England
This was the favorite of many of the teachers. Its detail -- all correct for the time period and event -- was intriguing. The outside of this sad scene included three rats (which spread the plague), a handmade bucket, a Tudor style house with thatched roof and actual waddle and daub on the walls, a real stone foundation and walkway, a beautiful handmade tree (which took the diligent student six hours to make), and a freshly dug grave ready on the lawn. The roof lifted up, and inside were hand-made pottery and furniture, a dead body (!), and a mourning widow.
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2nd Place: Incan Rope Bridge, Peru
The descendants of the Incas built these swinging rope bridges so that they could cross over streams in the Andes Mountains.
3rd Place: The Wailing Wall, Jerusalem
This amazing model is of the Wailing Wall, or Western Wall in Jerusalem. It is the only remaining part of the temple built for the Jews by Herod. The ten facts were written on little pieces of paper and then tucked into the bricks on the wall -- just like visitors to the real wall tuck their prayers in between the bricks. Yay for creativity!
4th Place:
The Discovery of King Tutankhamen's Tomb, Egypt
This project started out as a portfolio, and then turned into an amazingly creative project.
The scroll rolled up and then fit inside the golden holder next to King Tut's mask. The required ten pages were on the scroll. These included maps of the tomb and Egypt, pictures, treasures, and more. There were actually two three-dimensional items: King Tut's face mask and a flag of Egypt. This was one of my favorites.
5th Place: Roman Aqueducts, Ancient Rome
The Romans were building aqueducts to bring fresh water into their empire before Christ was born. These incredible feats of engineering were also built without any of the modern tools and machines we have today.
