Analyzing Cemetery Data

Problem: What are the main causes of death over the last 200 years.

1. Click here to open the excel document with all of the cemetery data from BASTROP, ELGIN & AUSTIN.

2. Your table group will be given a range of dates.

3. You must find the year(s) with the largest number of deaths in your range.

4. Once you have found that year you must research the following things to find correlations between deaths and war/disease/disaster.

5. 1 person research Texas wars
1 person research diseases in Texas
1 person research any natural disasters that might have occurred near Bastrop (floods, fires)
1 person research man-made disaster that might have occurred (explosions, car wrecks, etc)

6. Each person must write a one paragraph conclusion that answers the problem question above.
Your paragraph must have at least 6 complete sentences. Your paragraph must include the following stem: I conclude that the deaths in the year ____ were caused by _____.

7. Turn paper into the class box.

Cemetery Graph

Click here to open a PDF document containing all of the State Cemetery Data.

You will work with a partner to create a graph of all the deaths for a certain range of years.

1. Turn your graph paper sideways (landscape).

2. USE A PENCIL

3. Title the graph Texas State Cemetery Deaths

4. Label the x-axis Years

5. Label the y-axis Number of Deaths

6. Create a BAR GRAPH

7. Use colored pencils / markers to color your graph.

8. Put all names at the top of the graph.

9. Tape your graph to the colored paper.

Epidemic Research

If you have finished entering at LEAST 25 names from the cemetery you will now complete the following. (If you have not finished please use the last blog post to complete your data entry.)



1. Using a program like Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc and create the table below:

Texas Epidemics After 1800

Epidemics Description Years Deaths Regions Affected

2. Use Google to research Texas epidemics & fill out your table.


3. When you are done save your table in 2 places: Your desktop & Your student folder.

Cemetery Data Entry

Please click HERE to enter your cemetery data.

If you were absent & did not attend the field trip please click HERE to find data.

Geocaching Intro

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Click HERE when you are ready to explore GEOCACHING!!

To explore more websites about geocaching click below.
General Website 1
Texas Geocaching Website