Santa Rosa's Rural Cemetery Activity (Extra Credit Project - Optional)

Historical Trail Tour of Santa Rosa's Rural Cemetery

Overview  

The following directions are for the self-guided Historical Trail Tour of Santa Rosa's Rural Cemetery. Be sure to bring your workbook with you, wear comfortable clothing for hiking, and bring something to eat and drink. Make sure you pick up a free brochure; which may usually be found at the cemetery entrance.  

Please keep in mind that this 10-point extra credit project requires that your report be mailed to my office by the deadline. That deadline would be April 15th for the Spring semester; November 15th for the Fall semester; and July 13th for the Summer College. Be sure to clearly mark your mailed envelope with both your name, class name, and section number and that it is an "extra-credit" project. Send to Dr. J. Davis Mannino, 1501 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95401.  

Questions to address:

1. Take time to read the brochure carefully. What did you learn from the tour?  

2. What was the most memorable gravestone(s) you viewed?  

3. Comment on the different structures in the cemetery.  

4. What were some of your more important thoughts as you walked through the cemetery?  

5. How do you want your remains to be disposed of when you die?  

6. Complete the following exercises (A-D) in Grieving Days, Healing Days. Attach these exercises to your reaction paper and submit the package as directed. NOTE: If you are also submitting the following exercises as part of your 16 Exercise Workbook Course Project, submit copies ONLY with this EC project. Use the originals for the more important project.  

Tasks:

A. Complete the exercise "Tombstone Epitaph" on p. 198.  

B. Complete the exercise "Obituary" on page 195.  

C. Complete the exercise "Eulogy" on page 196.  

E. Complete the exercise "Gravestone Pictures" on page 197 in Grieving Days (You do not need to take photographs.)  

F. In addition to the above activities and questions asked earlier, complete a typed one-page reaction paper discussing what you learned, observed, and discovered during your tour.  


Revised February, 2017