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University of California

Ucmp: What Killed the Dinosaurs?

For Students 9th - 10th
This UC Berkeley site extensively covers the death of the dinosaurs. It includes history, theories, invalid hypotheses, and current arguments.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: At What Moment Are You Dead?

For Students 9th - 10th
For as far back as we can trace our existence, humans have been fascinated with death and resurrection. But is resurrection really possible? And what is the actual difference between a living creature and a dead body anyway? The...
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Article
Buddha Dharma Education Association

Buddha Net: Reflections on Death (Buddhist Hospices)

For Students 9th - 10th
A good introduction to Buddhist funerary practices. Provides links to Buddhist death rituals in various countries.
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Website
Luminarium

Luminarium: "Everyman" (After 1485)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed overview of "Everyman," and includes the full text of the work, related essays and articles, and additional resources.
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Other

Daily Bible Study the Ten Plagues

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an excellent site to help with research on the Ten Plagues in the book of Exodus. It describes the situation in Egypt that the time and gives Biblical references for each plague.
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Australian Museum

Australian Museum: Death: The Last Taboo

For Students 9th - 10th
Throughout the world, death and the rituals that surround it are steeped in taboos. Explores what happens to us when we die and the different ways we deal with death.
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Article
Curated OER

Kids Health: Somebody in My Friend's Family Died

For Students 3rd - 5th
Death is a very difficult thing to deal with for all of us. If you have a friend who has recently 0lost someone, you may be wondering how you can help. Chances are, that friend is not acting the way she/he normally does and you want to...
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Other

Hospice Net

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is dedicated to educating individuals how to help adolescents and children cope with difficult situations involving feelings of depression. These articles offer good advice for helping children in need.
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Tate

Tate Kids: Memento Mori (Remember That You Must Die)

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive exploration of the universal themes of death and mortality, as depicted by a range of twentieth-century artists. Developed by the Britain-based Tate museum, this site combines art criticism with a survey of symbols that...
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Wolters Kluwer

Biz Filings: Protecting House Without a Homestead Exemption

For Students 9th - 10th
Business Owner's Toolkit website offers a broad definition of "tenancy in common." Reference to survivorship, ownership rights, conveyance of property are also explained.
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Website
Other

Grief: Getting Over the Death of Someone Close to You

For Students 9th - 10th
Getting over the loss of someone close to you if a difficult process. This site provides resources for adolescents who have recently experienced such a loss and helps to lead them through this process in the healthiest manner possible.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Lord Byron, Poe, and Poetry: Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the literature of Edgar Allan Poe, Lord Byron, and "the most poetical topic in the world" in this series of videos from the American Masters film, Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive. Discussion questions, teaching tips, and a student...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pov Engage: Lesson Plan Addressing Trauma Using Affective and Cognitive Skills

For Teachers 9th - 10th
During this lesson, students will learn how trauma impacts the brain via streaming clips. Students will learn about how a family stays interconnected with the community to help its members deal with grief connected to their son's shooting.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: Otherwise

For Students 9th - 10th
This poet, who eventually died from cancer, foresees how her life will someday end.
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Primary
Other

Small Comfort by Katha Pollitt

For Students 9th - 10th
This non-prose piece sends a message about happiness and mortality.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Carnival Parade: Rio De Janeiro: What Happens When Living Things Die?

For Students 5th - 7th
Join Rick on this carnival parade, and find out more about what happens when animals and plants die.
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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: Some Clouds

For Students 9th - 10th
This poem is about how one person deals with a loved one's death.
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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: When Death Comes

For Students 9th - 10th
This poem shares the poet's thoughts about death and how she wants her life to have been lived.
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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: The Blue Bowl

For Students 9th - 10th
This poem expresses the grief surrounding the burial of the poet's cat.
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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: Before She Died

For Students 9th - 10th
This five stanza poem discusses the top of a poet's dog who is dying.
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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: One Morning

For Students 9th - 10th
This two-stanza poem uses strong sensory imagery to describe upsetting discoveries one morning.
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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: The Green One Over There

For Students 9th - 10th
This non-prose piece shares a story of jealousy and the tragic illness that occurred in its midst.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Death in Poetry: a.e. Housman and Dylan Thomas

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, students will consider Death in Poetry: A.E. Housman's "To an Athlete Dying Young" and Dylan Thomas' "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night". Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources...
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: President Franklin D. Roosevelt

For Students 9th - 10th
This companion to the PBS series surveys the career of the longest-serving president in U.S. history and leader through the Great Depression and World War II.