'The Cemetery.' Taft Campus Occasional Paper No. I.

A study of a cemetery can reveal much about the lives of people of the past and can be used as a supplement to classroom experiences. Possible objectives of a field trip to a cemetery might be: (1) to develop an appreciation and awareness of the cemetery as a supplement to the present curricula of art, language arts, history, mathematics, and others; (2) to develop a respect and appreciation for this particular resource that will result in proper care of, and behavior at, the cemetery; (3) to develop an understanding of men of past generations, their relationship to their environment, and their effects upon our present environment; (4) to motivate students to do further study on their own, apart from that done in school; and (5) to have students become aware of their own feelings while in this type of environment. In this study guide, samples of concepts, topics, and questions have been organized into subject matter categories: (JH)