Educational Objectives; Units of Study

Intended for third and fourth grade classes in southern Oregon, this lesson plan uses historic cemeteries to implement a current social studies curriculum. The premise of the lesson plan is that, as places where history, landscape, the natural world, art, and the community meet, cemeteries make rich resources for classroom study. The lesson plan contains a short video and a curriculum packet, and although the material has been designed for use with a site visit, it is readily adaptable when field travel is impractical. The activities outlined in the lesson plan contain projects for use: (1) as a preliminary site visit (or when there is no site visit); (2) during a site visit; and (3) following the site visit. The lesson plan i