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Retail and Hospitality - FUNERAL DIRECTOR
The Top 10 Funeral Songs - would you choose anything different? Primary Middle Secondary Australian Curriculum General Capability: Intercultural Understanding Australian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability Cooperative Learning Activity
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:
"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.
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 e. Graph the results. 3.
Reflection.
The cost of a death notice? Middle Secondary Australian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability Australian 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
2. "Most of us only find out about
funeral costs when we need to arrange the funeral of a family member or
friend. Here are the typical items you need to pay for when arranging a funeral:
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.
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! Secondary Australian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy Australian 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:
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