High School Death and Dying Course

"Few subjects run more powerfully counter to an American teenager’s innate sense of immortality than a confrontation with the reality of life’s end. The study of death became more common at the college level with the publication of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’s influential book, “On Death and Dying,” in 1969. But it is rare that the subject is discussed at the high school level, particularly with an approach that includes fairly explicit instruction in caring for a cadaver."

This essay describes a death and dying course at a Jewish high school in Florida: For Jewish Students, Field Trip Is Window on Death and Dying.