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Primary History Worksheet: The Romans - Tombstones

For Students 4th - 8th
In this primary history exploratory worksheet, learners read about Roman tombstones, examine 3 vocabulary words, and complete a short answer research question.
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Weathering Rates

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students calculate weathering rates from tombstone weathering data. Atmospheric (and precipitation) chemistry determines the rate of weathering for marble tombstones. They are shown data from a rural and an unrban cemetery, and are...
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Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media

The Articles of Confederation

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Have you ever started a project only to realize you need to scrap it and start over? Scholars analyze the issues leading to the fall of the Articles of Confederation. A group investigation into Articles II, III, and VIII unveil the...
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PBS

Cemetery Information

For Students 6th - 12th
Cemeteries hold a lot of clues for history detectives. Using the provided outline as a guide, scholars research tombstones and inscriptions to learn more about those who came before.
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Curated OER

Word Wake

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed Standards
Put your common writing errors to rest with this resource, which prompts high schoolers to create eulogies and tombstones for overused and incorrect words. They work on correcting common errors in spelling and usage mistakes in their own...
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PBS

Written in Stone

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explore history through a tour of a local cemetery. Students investigate tombstones for historical information, make stone rubbings, and use this secondary source reference to obtain primary sources.
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Curated OER

Forward, Into the Past!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars, during a (virtual) visit to a burial ground, think about the past by viewing tombstones as primary sources. They explain how the attitudes of Deerfield residents toward death and burial evolved from 1780-1880.
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Cloud Front

Weathering, Erosion, and Landforms—Student Activities

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Tired of your students taking you for granite? Use a unit that offers multiple hands-on weathering and erosion labs and interactive activities. Some of the exciting lessons include planning a tour of Australia, using ice to break glass,...
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Curated OER

A Walk Through the Past: A Grave Undertaking

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore how historians construct a story out of fragments of the past; a discussion of nineteenth century poetry and art leads students to connect art and literature to their place in time.
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Highlights of Modern American Family Art and Literature

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students develop imagery in literary and art works. They discuss Jacob Lawrence's painting, the "Tombstones, 1942", which conveyed overcrowded tenements and families living in Harlem (New York, New York). They design picture stories...
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Curated OER

Lord of the Rings: The Quest is Achieved

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students analyze what makes a hero in The Lord of the Rings, Book Six. They discuss the characters and the aspects of their behaviors that make them heroes and write essays regarding the climax and heroic gestures of a character. After...
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Curated OER

Boo-ographies

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students read biographies of famous people and create a presentation where they become the characters they have read and researched. They create tombstones for the people they have researched.
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Curated OER

Human Populations Studies: the Ghost of Populations Past

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compile data on population distribution and develop survivorship curves using information from cemetery tombstones and obituaries. They develop inferences on the changes in population age distribution in their area over time.
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Tales From the Crypt

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders study the people of their community.  In this Geography lesson, 8th graders research local history using maps and books.  Students create a timeline of tombstones for deceased residents. 
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Curated OER

What A Tombstone Can Tell Us

For Students 4th - 8th
In this coordinates activity, students determine the coordinates to visit a cemetery. Students determine 18 coordinates on this activity.
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Curated OER

The Ghost of Populations Past

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study population distribution and survivorship curves by collecting data regarding age of death of humans from either tombstones, newspapers, or other community resources. Students analyze data by creating graphs and population...
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Curated OER

Compound Word Search #4

For Students 4th - 5th
In this compound word search activity, students locate 10 words that are hidden in the puzzle. They search for words that include butterfly, grandmother, beehive, blindfold, and tombstone
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Civil War Trust

Genealogy

For Teachers 6th - 9th
The Civil War is undoubtedly a part of America's history, but could it be part of your pupils' history as well? Middle schoolers conduct research to discover a connection between their ancestors and the American Civil War. Whether they...
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Poetry4kids

How to Write a Funny Epitaph Poem

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
What can happen if you eat too much cafeteria food? Or wear dirty clothes every day? Or talk back to your mother? Use a lesson on humorous poems as a way for students to practice silly rhymes as fictional epitaphs.
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Curated OER

Arizona Vocabulary

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this Arizona vocabulary skills worksheet, students match the 10 listed Arizona-related terms and names to the appropriate sentences that describe each of them.
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Curated OER

Arizona Crossword

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this Arizona learning exercise, students answer questions in a crossword puzzle about Arizona's history. Students answer 10 questions.
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Curated OER

Rest in Peace, Maniac Magee

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Scholars read Maniac Magee and create epitaphs for each of the major characters using precise words reflecting the individual characters personality and nature. They will learn what an epitaph is and practice writing their own. They can...
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Curated OER

Tuesdays with Morrie pp 130-151

For Teachers 8th - 12th
In this Tuesdays with Morrie comprehension and opinion worksheet, students respond to 15 short answer questions covering pages 130-151 of Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom in order to help them better understand the novel and themselves.
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Curated OER

Animals All Around

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this animals worksheet, learners write about the animals they see and design a cup, plate, or pitcher in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Students complete 4 activities.

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