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ERIC Number: EJ626194
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
A Tale of Two Cemeteries: Gravestones as Community Artifacts.
Mitoraj, Suzanne O.
English Journal, v90 n5 p82-87 May 2001
Describes a unit for high school English students that makes the Colonial period in American literature come alive by studying eighteenth-century gravestone images and epitaphs. Describes how this study becomes a journey into their community, into local history, and ultimately into themselves. (SR)
Descriptors: Colonial History (United States), English Instruction, High School Students, High Schools, Language Arts, Local History, School Community Relationship, United States Literature
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Grave Markers
Note: Theme: The School and the Community.