It is easy for teachers to get comfortable with doing the same thing over and over again, simply because they are familiar and confident with the content area. While conducting research and writing papers is a crucial skill for students to have, it also a good idea to let loose a little bit and allow students to be creative, and show them that doing research can actually be fun!
A Wax Museum is great alternative to a conventional research paper. Not only will students actually enjoy this project, they will most likely retain t
he information better by doing something that they wouldn’t normally do. Students are still working on their abilities to right a standard paper that is more condensed to put in front of their exhibit. There are also working on their oral skills by talking about themselves as if they were that historical person. Standard research papers are a necessity for students to learn, however, what do they really get out of it? Most students do their best work on projects that they are interested in. This also allows students to be more creative than they could be doing a normal research paper. Teachers often forget that it’s good to change things up a bit. When students get in the habit of doing the same type of activities, they are not getting as much out of it as you might think. Changing it up challenges students, as well as keeping things interesting.
I strongly believe that high school did not prepare me for college, much less the real world. Technology was never a prominent thing in my classrooms growing up, so I never really knew how to use it. When you live in a world that is 
becoming for technologically advanced by the minute, this is a significant problem. I only wished I had someone to teach how to implement technology in my everyday life. I feel that teaching students how to properly use technology allows them to keep up with the pace of education.