Short Story 2: From My Grandma
By Letty Cottin Pogrebin The trouble started when my friend Katy found Grandma’s false teeth floating in a glass on the bathroom sink. I...
Rationale for Cemetery Study
A walk through the past through a different kaleidoscope, feeling it and learning from it. “The fundamental fact about all of us is that...
Assessment
Each group has to post your group’s final research report on this website(My blog). Summative assessment on each project will be given...
Task 5: Story Investigation
Prompt: Select two most unforgettable monuments or gravestones in the cemetery and dig into the story behind it. 1) Who was buried there?...
Task 4: Material Research
Prompt: Do a survey of gravestones to find out what has caused damage to them including any natural and human damages in the cemetery. 1)...
Task 3: Gender Research
Prompt: Select five gravestones with men's names and five gravestones with women's names from different time periods. 1) How are men's...
Task 2: Causes of Death Research
Prompt: Do a statistical study of life expectancies in the cemetery you observe and categorize causes of death in different time periods...
Task 1: Epitaph Research
Prompt: The epitaphs on gravestones are one’s last words to the world—and they’re literally written in stone, from political to humorous...
Class Activities
Research & Investigation Project (RIP): Cemetery Study A literature-based inter-disciplinary unit for eighth above grade Unit Central...
