Suchan, Laura. “Memento Mori: Bringing the Classroom to the Cemetery.” (2008)

A small community museum in southern Ontario, Canada, uses the nearby OshawaHarbor Pioneer Cemetery to introduce high school students to the study of thanatology. Through the program, students are introduced to the importance of gravestones and how they can be utilized in the study of history, on a local as well as national scale; are encouraged to view gravestones as a form of expression, capable of providing insight into social history and life in the 19th century; have fun matching particular gravestone designs with their respective carvers; gain insights into popular culture of the time; and craft a historical narrative about one of the names on the gravestones.