How to prepare grades 4-6 for a visit to the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Museum or Web Site

Class discussion
Before your visit to the Museum or Web site, prepare your students with a brief introduction to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton's life, and her many contributions to the Church, education, healthcare, and social services.

Motivational questions and assignments will encourage everyone to participate and enhance the learning experience.

Grades 4-6
Where did young Elizabeth grow up?

What contribution did her father, Dr. Richard Bayley, make to New York City?

Who was President of the United States when she was growing up?

Whom did young Elizabeth Bayley marry?

How many children did they have? What were their names?

Why did the Setons go to Italy?

How did the Filicchi Family influence Elizabeth Seton?

Where was Elizabeth Seton received into the Catholic Church?

Why did Elizabeth go to Baltimore?

What two important things did Mother Seton do in Baltimore and in Emmitsburg?

To what cities did Mother Seton send the first Sisters of Charity?

Where do the Sisters of Charity work today? What do they do?

What Pope declared Elizabeth Seton a Saint of the Church? When?

What Church in New York City has a bronzed image of Elizabeth Seton on its front door?

Where is Elizabeth Seton buried?

Where was the first Motherhouse of the Sisters of Charity of New York?

What impressed you most about the Elizabeth Seton Museum?

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