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Morbid fascination: teaching the history of death.
Abstract
The history of death is rarely, if ever, taught as a course despite increased attention from researchers. The article discusses the author's experience in designing and teaching a freshmen history course on death and dying. The article includes sample assignments and readings as well as samples of student evaluations and an explanation of the rather surprising results.
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"Death waits for no man", "Nothing is certain except death and taxes", "eternal death"--these well-known aphorisms reflect the timeless and final nature of death. If history can be defined as the study of change over time, then death seems to fall completely ...
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