Episode 22 : Dying to get in

Start your local history research with a tour of the cemetery. There is more than just names and dates to be found. All the people laid to rest there had a story of their own. Cemetery research is all about starting at the end to find the beginning of that story.

Willsboro cemetery. c. 1973 (P039988)

The grave marker of Chauncey Hathorn tells a story. (P006753)

Image d'en-tête : John Brown’s grave in North Elba, NY. c. 1890 (P007917)

Épisodes

Connexion au programme d'études

Lisez à haute voix : Les élèves peuvent suivre tout en écoutant. Cliquez sur ICI pour télécharger une copie de la transcription.

Vocabulaire : Explorer de nouveaux mots. Les élèves écoutent du vocabulaire de haut niveau en contexte. Demandez-leur ensuite d'en identifier la définition. Cliquez sur ICI pour la page de vocabulaire.

Long Lake Cemetery Quest. Click ICI to download a quest of the Long Lake, NY cemetery. Print it out double-sided on regular letter paper in landscape, with the margin on the short side. Fold in half to form a booklet.

Questions

Les élèves de niveau supérieur peuvent vouloir explorer certains sujets de manière plus approfondie.

Throughout history, funerals, cemetery plots, and elaborate monuments have been expensive; therefore cemeteries become records of the socioeconomic hierarchies of a community. In general, the graves of the poorest people are invisible or unremarkable because of the cost associated with burial. What does your local cemetery say about your community?
Websites like Find-A-Grave et Family Search can provide more information about past community members.