Assign each team responsibility for a different aspect of the ceremony, such as research, artwork, music, and writing. Once you have set a time for the ceremony, invite school officials and others to attend. Allow time for practice and a run-through. Or they might send the information in a letter to the editor. Invite a member of the local historical society to speak about historical figures who have been honored in similar ceremonies.
Students can then present the historical society with copies of the material they prepared.
Students may be able to excite enough interest in their honoree to have an annual ceremony established on a significant date in that person's life. You may download, print and make copies of this page for use in your classroom, provided that you include the copyright notice shown below on all such copies. All Rights Reserved.