| Strand: |
Social Studies |
| Grade Level: |
1 - 3 |
| Duration: |
1 hour with cemetery visit or 30 minutes without |
| Location: |
Classroom and cemetery (optional) |
| Objective: |
The students will be able to compare burial practices between
the Woodland Culture and our culture. |
| Materials: |
paper
crayons or markers
**optional--cemetery to visit |
| Vocabulary: |
cemetery
burial mound
Woodland Culture |
| Procedure: |
- Discuss with the students that they will be visiting the Effigy Mounds National Monument
and explain to them that they will be seeing a cemetery for a culture of people that lived
thousands of years ago. We call this culture of people the Woodland Culture.
- Ask the students: How do we bury people that have died? Have a discussion
and affirm all answers. Be sure to include the following points about our burial
customs:
- we put the person in a casket
- we have a funeral service
- we dig a hole about 6 feet deep, put the casket in the ground and pile the dirt back in
the hole until it is even with the ground around it
- we place a headstone where the person is buried, telling who the person was
- Visit a local cemetery (some children may never have been to one). Walk through
the cemetery so the children get a feel for what the cemetery looks and feels like.
While at the cemetery, have the children draw what they see with crayons
- Discuss how the people of the Woodland Culture buried their dead. Be sure to
include all 4 types of burials. See Background
information and outline on mound styles.
- Have the children picture what this cemetery may look like and have them draw a picture
of it.
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