A STITCH IN TIME AT SMITH ROAD SCHOOL

12/3/2008
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    Slug: NBRN wax04p Date: 11/25/2008 The Blade/Amy E. Voigt Location: Temperance, MI CAPTION: Kyla Daudelin, a 4th-grade student in Sarah Anderson's class, works on sewing a flag while playing Betsy Ross during a wax museum presentation the class is doing as part of their studies on biographies and autobiographies at Smith Road Elementary on November 25, 2008.

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    • Slug: NBRN wax04p Date: 11/25/2008 The Blade/Amy E. Voigt Location: Temperance, MI CAPTION: Kyla Daudelin, a 4th-grade student in Sarah Anderson's class, works on sewing a flag while playing Betsy Ross during a wax museum presentation the class is doing as part of their studies on biographies and autobiographies at Smith Road Elementary on November 25, 2008.
    Slug: NBRN wax04p Date: 11/25/2008 The Blade/Amy E. Voigt Location: Temperance, MI CAPTION: Kyla Daudelin, a 4th-grade student in Sarah Anderson's class, works on sewing a flag while playing Betsy Ross during a wax museum presentation the class is doing as part of their studies on biographies and autobiographies at Smith Road Elementary on November 25, 2008.

    The hands of Kyla Daudelin stitch the Stars and Stripes for a purpose both historical and academic: The fourth-grader at Smith Road Elementary in Temperance was portraying Betsy Ross at the school's 'wax museum' activity.


    Slug: NBRN wax04p Date: 11/25/2008 The Blade/Amy E. Voigt Location: Temperance, MI CAPTION: Kyla Daudelin, right, a 4th-grade student in Sarah Anderson's class, plays Betsy Ross while 5th grade teacher Beth Johnston, left, listens, during a wax museum presentation the class is doing as part of their studies on biographies and autobiographies at Smith Road Elementary on November 25, 2008.
    Slug: NBRN wax04p Date: 11/25/2008 The Blade/Amy E. Voigt Location: Temperance, MI CAPTION: Kyla Daudelin, right, a 4th-grade student in Sarah Anderson's class, plays Betsy Ross while 5th grade teacher Beth Johnston, left, listens, during a wax museum presentation the class is doing as part of their studies on biographies and autobiographies at Smith Road Elementary on November 25, 2008.

    Kyla explains to fifth-grade teacher Beth Johnston the life and times of the woman who is credited with making the first United States flag. The students chose historical figures, researched them, and re-enacted a moment in time while dressed to resemble the famous person.