Cultures and Traditions: United States of America

Pumpkins for Peace Project

Global Coalition students and students from the B.C.M.S. Helping Hands Club painted "Pumpkins for Peace." Each pumpkin had a jack-o-lantern painted on one side and a peace flag on the other. 25 of the pumpkins were donated to the town of Bethlehem's "Meals on Wheels" project to benefit people who need food. The other 15 pumpkins were distributed around the school to help celebrate peace and Halloween.

Museum of Ancient Civilizations

Peace Flag Project

2005-2006 Museum of Ancient Civilizations

More than 380 students participated in this year's Museum of Ancient Civilizations. Each of the students contributed a project which answered a question regarding an Ancient Civilization and included a replicated artifact. Students took one month constructing their exhibits and one week in school organizing the four classrooms that comprised the museum. We opened for one night with more than 700 parents attending.

King Tut's Tomb	King Tut's Tomb	Hall of Mummification
King Tut's Treasures and Chariot	Egyptian Gods	Nile Boat and Anubis - God of Mummification
Cat Goddess Bastet with Canopic Jar of Daumutef	Scene for the Egyptian Book of the Dead	The Hall of Pharoahs
Archaeological Dig	Ancient Egyptian Buildings	Egyptian Hounds and Jackals Game
Mural of Ancient China	Interactive display about the "Sea Peoples"	Egyptian Senet Game
The Great Wall of China	Danish Bog Mummy	The Wall of Jericho
Stonehenge	Stonehenge	Babylonian Ziggurat
The Great Wall of China	China - Zao Jun - The Kitchen God	The Great Wall of China Construction Process
Assyrian Gate of Ishtar	Ancient shaduf used for irrigation	Pyramid construction
How were Egyptian Obelisks Raised?	Hall of Pyramids	Ancient Musical Intruments
Students search for information in their museum	Egyptian Trade and Currency	Construction along the Nile

2004-2005 Museum Project

Ancient Civilizations Museum

More than 300 students are building artifacts for the Ancient Civilizations museum. The students each have to make one artifact at home, and they can work either alone or in a group to make another at school. There will be over 800 parents coming to the Ancient Civilization Museum.