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- ISSN: 0013-8274
- E-ISSN: 2161-8895
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A Tale of Two Cemeteries: Gravestones as Community Artifacts
- Source: English Journal, Volume 90, Issue The School and the Community, May 2001, p. 82 - 87
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- 01 May 2001
Abstract
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.
© 2001 by the National Council of Teachers of English