Death Education in Primary School

The thesis deals with the ways in which it is possible to open the topic of death in primary school. Based on the study of theoretical background, there are important components for the study of the topic of death in teaching, which are presented in the first part of the work. The first part of the thesis focuses on the changes in the approach to death in history to the present, on the foreign concept of death education and also on the issue of Czech education related to death and the possibilities and specifics of its implementation, including the importance of reading books on death for children. The second part of the thesis presents the prepared teaching units created for the possibilities of opening the topic of death with children from the 3rd to the 5th grade, with their placement in individual educational areas, grades and teaching periods. The research is carried out by the method of action research and thematic analysis of the obtained materials. The evaluated preparations confirm the data from previous research and sources, thus they are suitable for the possibilities of opening the topic of death in teaching with pupils