End-of-Life Tool Kit

by | Sep 28, 2023

The Toolkit for the public provides resources on death and dying, geared to both health professionals and the public.  It contains links to textbooks, stories, poems, cultural perspectives on death and dying, as well as compelling video clips, examples of various art...

Cemetery Secrets

by | Aug 24, 2021

Cemeteries may seem unlikely fieldtrip destinations, yet they offer rich possibilities for engaging students in primary research.

Words Are Serious, Words Are Divine

by | Aug 12, 2021

Taking students to visit community sites can provide rich, authentic experiences that inspire powerful personal responses. Often young rappers are—as freestyler Toni Blackman put it—”stuck in style” so writing about dramatic new experiences forces them to experiment....

Cajun Weddings

by | Aug 12, 2021

Weddings are very familiar rites of passage, yet each differs. Cajun wedding traditions provide a window for researching this life passage.

Rangoli: Traditions of the Threshold

by | Aug 12, 2021

Threshold traditions offer a concrete form for exploring how rites of passage help practitioners make a transition between two states, such as secular to sacred, outside to inside, child to adult, and so on.