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 The Top 10 Funeral Songs - would you choose anything different?

 PrimaryPrimary MiddleMiddle High SchoolSecondary

Intercultural UnderstandingAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Intercultural Understanding

Personal and social capabilityAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability

ICT Capability Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability

Cooperative LearningCooperative Learning Activity

 

 

 

Top 75 Songs

1. In groups of 4 - 5 students look at the following information. The UK Telegraph reported on research by the UK's largest funeral director (based on 30,000 funerals) that the following 10 songs are the most popular at funerals:

1. Always look on the bright side of life

Eric Idle/Monty Python

Used originally in 1979 Life of Brian

Always look on the bright side of life
2. The Lord is My Shepherd (Psalm 23)

The Lord is my shepherd
3. Abide with Me

Henry Francis Lyte
Abide with Me
4. Match of the Day theme tune Match of the day
5. My Way

Sung by Frank Sinatra
My Way
6. All Things Bright and Beautiful

words by Cecil Frances Alexander
All things bright and beautiful
7. Angels sung by Robbie Williams Angels Robbie Williams
8. Enigma Variations

by Elgar
Enigma Variations
9. You'll Never Walk Alone

by Gerry and the Pacemakers
You'll never walk alone
10. Soul Limbo

by Booker T and the MG's
Soul Limbo

 

"Aussies have their own take on funeral song choices and there is nothing more patriotic than John Williamson’s True Blue as a familiar ballad for a final farewell. Slim Dusty’s Looking Forward, Looking Back is a popular choice for Australian dads while the eerie Sounds of Silence by The Disturbed is a rousing song full of sentiment and emotion.

Aussies also have a soft spot for the classic church hymn, The Old Rugged Cross which features weekly in funeral homes around the country. Other favourites for Australian funerals include The Prayer, by Celine Dion, I will always love you by Whitney Houston, Josh Groban’s You Raise Me Up and the Elvis classic, Take Me Home, Precious Lord. Surprisingly, Kenny Rogers’ The Gambler is also chosen frequently for funerals in Australia.
" (Source: McCartney Funerals)


2. Have you even heard of these songs?

Survey a different class using Survey Monkey to see:

a. If the other students have heard of these songs

b. Where they heard these songs

c. If their parents know these songs

d. If there are any Australian songs that would be popular at funerals

Survey Monkey

e. Graph the results.

3. Reflection

Reflection.

Work out the song(s) you would like to hear at your own funeral. Share with a friend. Why did you choose these songs?

 

 

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The cost of a death notice?

 MiddleMiddle High SchoolSecondary

Personal and social capabilityAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability

NumeracyAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy

 

 

1. Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC - a Government organisation) has a website called Money Smart which investigates the cost of funerals

Money Smart

2. "Most of us only find out about funeral costs when we need to arrange the funeral of a family member or friend.

Funerals can cost from $4,000 for a basic cremation to around $14,000 for a more elaborate casket, burial and flowers.

Here are the typical items you need to pay for when arranging a funeral:

  • Funeral director fees
  • Transport
  • Coffin
  • Death certificate
  • Permits
  • Burial / cremation
  • Cemetery plot
  • Other expenses, such as a celebrant or clergy, flowers, newspaper notices and the wake". (Source: Money Smart)

 People usually put in a Death Notice in their local newspaper (or online). This costs money!

You are to go to the Examiner, a Tasmanian newspaper and their Death Notice page. Select 5 Death Notices.

Examiner

Use these rates to work out the cost of your selected 5 Death Notices.

3. Which ones would you change to decrease the cost? How? Why?

 

 

Writing a Death Notice or Obit!

High SchoolSecondary

Personal and social capabilityAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability

LiteracyAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy

CriticalAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking

 

 

1. You are to write a Death Notice or Obituary for one of your grandparents or older member of your family.

2. Look at the following sites to see how they are crafted:

Everplans

Obituary
Remembrance Process

Obituary

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