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‘George Washington Living Large’
For fourth graders Keelee Armour and Mimi White, the Rappahannock County Library’s third annual “By George, It’s Washington’s Birthday” Writers and Artist Show was not just ‘Show’ it was a challenge. Of the new categories added this year, the group project “Life Size: Measure Up to George” caught their eye. “Create an original or enlarge an existing depiction of General Washington to life size” stated the announcement flyer. “We could pick our project,"said Keelee. But before the dream could be realized a lot of work faced the participants. “Our teacher Mrs. Makela, [Jan Makela, Rappahannock County Elementary School fourth grade educator], divided the social studies class into research groups.” “We could use research found online if it was right,” said Keelee. “We researched the books at our school library and shared what we found. We had one boy in our group who said he didn’t like to read much,” she added, “but that changed once he started finding facts that the rest of us hadn't known.” Selecting their category and armed with research to confirm the General’s height, color of eyes, and uniform details, Keelee and Mimi, over one nonstop weekend, wrestled with rolls of chicken wire, tore bundles of newspaper, and went through many cans of spray paint. The effort, “George Washington Living Large,” won its’ fourth grade section and a Judges’ Choice ribbon for Research/Detail Artists.
Photo courtesy of C.L. Arbelbide
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