A Wright Brother

My kids' school has an annual second grade tradition: The Night of the Notables. The second graders read biographies and choose someone they find interesting. Then, they become that person, learning as much as they can about him or her. At the Night of the Notables, the second graders dress up as their person. Parents and siblings get to walk around and quiz the second graders, trying to figure out who they are by asking questions like, "When were you born?" and "Why are you famous?" and other such things. 

One of Sadie's friends from her Brownie troop was totally impressed that I figured out that she was Jeannette Rankin. Apparently I was the only person all night who got it right. I credit my year teaching for the Close Up Foundation in DC back in the mid-90s. I always stopped in the Capitol at the Jeannette Rankin statue and told my students her story. 

Sadie was a little more obvious (layout based on today's sketch on the October Afternoon blog), but extremely cute:

Here's a detail shot of some of the elements on the page:
 

We all learned a lot we didn't know about the Wright brothers during this process! :)