You should look at the following article "Cemeteries are Historical, not
Soley Grave"

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/19981030friday.html?searchp
v=learning_lessons


on 4/26/02 9:43 AM, Teri Pope at [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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