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Handout
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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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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Activity
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "I Felt a Funeral, in my Brain", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Gary Bodwin and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Website
Other

Dougy: How to Help a Grieving Teen

For Students 9th - 10th
There is no method for helping someone grieve that will always prove effective. This site does, however, offer tips for those who want to help a teen manage their grief in an emotionally supportive manner.
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Website
Government of Alberta

Alberta Human Resources and Employment: Embalmer

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides detailed information on the career of an embalmer. Included are duties, working conditions, skills, education, employment, salary, and other related topics.
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Funeral by Ralph Fletcher

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with the "Funeral" by Ralph Fletcher, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...