Please keep in mind that the materials provided here were developed for a group of students without ties to the cemetery within which the exercise was conducted.   For K-12 students, we should also keep in mind that they are local residents and may have kinfolk buried in that cemetery selected for the project.  That is great because it enables the students to draw on the memories of their family members and local citizens.   The project can take on an even greater local history that is both meaningful and enriching.   This web site has been prepared at the request of members of Middle School geography and history teachers.   Anyone is welcome to use these material for their classroom and without permission, make a presentation at state alliance meetings and at the NCGE.   This subject is one that needs to be broadcast around the country because of the local geography/history value of the project.   About a year ago, while driving through a rural area, I passed a school bus parked by a cemetery and saw school children in the cemetery with large sheets of tracing paper.  I turned my vehicle around and stopped to talk with the teacher.  This was her first year to incorporate such an exercise into her curriculum but felt it was extremely worthwhile.  One thing to be very sensitive about, even at the college level, if a student has lost a close relative in the very recent past, yield to their wish not to participate in the exercise.  This happened in my college course in 1998 when a student's mother passed away about three weeks before the exercise.  I choose to give her the same grade as the group, with which she was satisfied.  Best wishes to you and let me know the outcome of any project you attempt on this subject.  I am especially interested in the one in Hawaii.

Index of Resources for the Project

1.  Cemetery Exercise

2.  Cemetery Data Sheet

3.  Stone/Mortar Grave Markers

4.  Rubbing A Head Stone

The 5th Street Cemetery Necrogeographical Study, http://www.lewiston.k12.id.us/staff/sbranting/5thcem/5thcem.htm  Contact: SBranting(at)lewiston.k12.id.us 
African American Cemeteries Online, http://www.prairiebluff.com/aacemetery/ Contact:  aacemetery(at)prairiebluff.com  (11-15-01)
Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries, http://www.gla.ac.uk/Acad/Archaeology/resources/Anglo-Saxon/cemeteries/index.html
Contact:  j.huggett(at)archaeology.gla.ac.uk  (11-15-01)
Cemeteries and Cemetery Records, http://www.interment.net/  Contact:   steve(at)freudian.com (11-24-01) An excellent site to search for cemetery records but requires subscription.
Cemetery Demography, http://academics.hamilton.edu/biology/ewilliam/cemetery/  Contact: ewilliam(at)hamilton.edu (11-15-01)
Cemetery Junction Directory, http://www.daddezio.com/cemetery/  or http://www.cemeteryjunction.com  Contact: webmaster(at)daddezio.com (11-15-01)
Cemetery Studies, http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/anthro/SCP50/cemetery_intro.htm  Contact:
Historic St. Augustine Catholic Church - Old Cemetery Grave Markers, http://www.rc.net/lansing/sta/stacem.htm  Contact: fr.gregg(at)usa.net (11-15-01)
Links to Resources on Cemetery History and Preservation, http://www.potifos.com/cemeteries.html Contact:  polygon(at)potifos.com  (11-15-01)
Magnolia Cemetery, An Active Learning Exercise On The Scientific Method, http://www.geol.lsu.edu/rferrell/HomePage/scgsa984/ Contact: :rferre1(at)lsu.edu  (11-15-01)
Photos Of Dean/Dean Cemetery Markers, http://www.customcpu.com/dean/cemetery.htm  Contact:  amorris(at)customcpu.com (11-15-01)
Sabine County Texas History Cemetery Markers, http://www.toledo-bend.com/sabineco/history/index.asp?request=cemmark  Contact: webmaster(at)toledo-bend.com (11-15-01)
Saving Graves, http://www.savinggraves.com Contact:  webmaster(at)savinggraves.com  (11-25-01)
United States Cemeteries, http://www.totentanz.de/usa.htm  Contact: kmedeke(at)totentanz.de  Provides links to international resources. (11-10-01)

Cemetery Demography, http://planetx.bloomu.edu/~mwood/cemetery/cemetery.html  Contact: mwood(at)bloomu.edu (11-15-01)
The United States of America Cemetery Page, http://historyoftheworld.com/cem/uscem.htm  You have to scroll down below the advertising to get to the links to the states to find links.  (11-10-01)  Use the May 1999 version in the Way Back Machine.
Historic Places 1, http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/links/hist.htm#Cemeteries  Contact: mmullen(at)lsu.edu (11-10-01)