Students will explore the rich history and culture of this Northwest melting pot through guided online lessons and onsite learning projects.
Educators will find six fully developed, standards-aligned Washington State History learning units for both grades 4 and 7 along with the background resources they’ll need to guide these student learning activities. Units are available as PDFs or as editable Word documents.
The Roslyn Cemetery Beneficial Association has developed these online lessons designed to introduce students to the lives of Roslyn’s pioneering families who are memorialized in its cemeteries.
Unit 1 — Discovery of coal in Roslyn — Arrival of the Railroad — Displacement of Native Americans Grade Four — PDF / Word Grade Seven — PDF / Word
Unit 2 — Immigration and Westward expansion — Fraternal organizations and lodges — Cemetery established Grade Four — PDF / Word Grade Seven — PDF / Word
Unit 3 — Hardships and Mortality — Immigrant experiences — Mining Life — Family Life — Illness Grade Four — PDF / Word Grade Seven — PDF / Word
Unit 4 — Introduction of black miners and families — racial challenges — Mt. Olivet black cemetery Grade Four — PDF / Word Grade Seven — PDF / Word
Unit 5 — Labor movements — strikes — strike breakers — local vs. national labor unions — mine safety issues Grade Four — PDF / Word Grade Seven — PDF / Word
Unit 6 — Field trip to Roslyn — find graves of miners killed in explosions — war veterans — infant mortality
