Our class visited the Happy Valley Cemetery where we learned several things. We saw that some tombstones did not have bodies buried underneath, and many graves belonged to young children and soldiers. Fresh soil indicated more recent burials, and some visitors left fake flowers on graves. Favorite photos included one showing a body was buried underneath due to a small bump in the soil, and another of a soldier's grave. Questions remained about small graves, strange numbering systems on tombstones, and how engraving was done. Most deaths at the cemetery occurred due to sickness rather than old age, poverty or drowning.
2. Central idea : People and places have histories that can be
uncovered and interpreted through a variety of sources.
During this unit, we went to the
Happy Valley Cemetery. This is
what we thought.
3. WHAT MY GROUP LEARNED
Some tomb stones do not have a body under
A huge population of people in the graves are young children
and soldiers
If the soil is fresh, it means that the person was buried not a
long time ago
Some visitors put fake flowers on the graves to make it look
better
4. FAVORITE PICTURES
Florence: I like this picture because
Owen: I like this picture
from it I can see a small bump which
because a soldier was
shows me that this grave has a body
buried in this grave
under.
5. QUESTIONS
Why are there mostly small graves instead of big graves?
Why do some graves have weird numbers and letters for
example S16A?
How do people carve letters and numbers on graves?
6. THE DEATH
Some people died because
of old age , poverty,
drowning but most people
die of sickness.
