When I was teaching Sociology at the High School, we covered death and dying. One thing the students did was write their own epitaph and design their own gravestones. 3D, not just a picture. They had to build it. These were Seniors, and the activity was never used for younger grades. You might get the kids to create their own with examples of the ones they see and for a historical aspect, look for the oldest person to die and the youngest person. Also, give the kids a date of a period where many people in the area died from tragedy or illness and have them tally the graves, and make a stats sheet. Age, gender...

Shawn M. Weisser


Daniel Marwit <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Teri,
>
>I'm not sure how people will react to headstone
>coloring books.  I think it sounds cool, and I think
>focusing on symobls is interesting.
>
>Depending on your budget, manipulative materials might
>be fun.  Maybe a one page booklet featuring a blank
>headstone where you could affix and remove (like
>magnetic word poetry) a variety of symbols and quotes.
> A timeline with space for drawings at significant
>dates/events might be nice, also.  This could get
>people past focusing on the person's death and more
>into considering his or her life.
>
>Good luck,
>Dan
>
>--- Teri Pope <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Greetings to the list,
>>
>> I am participating in an upcoming community outreach
>> fair which will showcase educational opportunities
>> for
>> kids in our area.  I will be representing the school
>> tour program for Sacramento's Old City Cemetery (ca
>> 1849) which I manage.  (Believe me, the irony of
>> doing
>> "living history" in a cemetery is NOT lost on me!)
>>
>> I am trying to devise something that kids can take
>> with them from our table to go with the tour
>> brochure.
>>  A coloring sheet came to mind, with either
>> sketches
>> and captions of gravestone symbols (fairly neutral,
>> not-to-religious ones) or of noteworthy gravestones
>> in
>> our cemetery (Mark Hopkins, or John Sutter, Jr., for
>> example).
>>
>> My questions are these:  Would the general public
>> find
>> these too morbid for children?  And, does anyone
>> have
>> any other ideas?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Teri Pope
>> Educational Tours Coordinator
>> Saxramento Old City Cemetery
>> [log in to unmask]
>>
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