Educational resources
Online guidance, ideas and resources showing the educational value of graveyards for young people can be found at:
Silent Cities: Cemeteries and Classrooms, South Carolina Department of Archives and History 1997. Includes information about historic cemeteries (USA) and suggested classroom activities.
Graves and Gravestones, Local History BBC Liverpool, an example of the importance of graveyards as a source for local history
Gravestone geology and weathering, Department of Earth Sciences, University College London This website contains information on gravestone weathering and geology using a case study of St Pancras Gardens
Will my gravestone last? Earth Science Education Unit An earth science investigation of a churchyard, session notes for teachers and pupils.
A Graveyard rockwalk has been devised by the BBC Education for amateur geologists of all ages.
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