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Grade 3 Virtual Museum Project

Central Elementary School, Wilmette, IL

Fifty Years Through the Eyes of Norman Rockwell

We are third grade students who attend Central Elementary School in Wilmette, Illinois. This year, our school celebrated its 50th birthday with a year-long party. Each month we had a special decades day and assembly - 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. Our class started the year with a look at life in 1949. In May, we visited the Norman Rockwell - Picures for the American People exhibit at the Chicago Historical Society. After viewing the exhibit and studying Rockwell's style of painting, each student selected a specific Rockwell painting from the last 50 years. Each student created a modern day version of the painting. Finally, each student compared and contrasted life in the Rockwell version of the painting to daily life in Wilmette today.

After the Prom by Colin M.	Girl at Mirror by Tess C.
Babysitter with Screaming Infant by Stacy V.	Girl with Black Eye by Leyla T.
Before the Shot by Mark H.	Going and Coming by Molly M.
Bottom of the Sixth by Ethan K.	The Gossips by Lowell H.
Careful Aim by Rhys S.	Lion and Zookeeper by Ben C.
The Connoisseur by Connor J.	The Optician by Katie W.
Day in the Life of a Little Boy by Sam R.	The Rookie by Hannah D.
Day in the Life of a Little Girl by Claire N.	Saying Grace by Xavier R.
Devil May Care by Aliza H.	The Toss by Cameron K.
The Discovery by Lindsay O.	Walking to Church by Julia Z.
Four Sporting Boys by Eric B.	Young Love Sledding by Michael P.
Freedom From Want by Brett S.

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