The Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Museum

How to prepare grades 7-12 for a visit to the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Museum or Web Site

Rather than ask your upper grade students to write a paper on the life of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, challenge them to write a play on her life. A play will involve everyone and allow the class to share its creativity with the rest of the school as well as parents and family members.

Encourage your students to explore the religious values inherent in the life of Elizabeth Ann Seton, particularly caring for the sick and elderly, working for justice, and the sanctity of all life. Impress on them that each of us is called to sainthood each day and that we can all live a saintly life no matter the path we follow.

These questions will help students begin to think about the life of Elizabeth Ann Seton and what her legacy means to young teens today.

Write a paragraph about why Elizabeth Seton was a saint.

Write a paragraph about the legacy of St. Elizabeth Seton.

Describe how the life of St. Elizabeth Seton could influence your life or that of your friends.

What qualities made Elizabeth Ann Seton a saint?

How can the example of her life influence a child, an adolescent, a wife, a mother, a widow, a woman religious?

What was the most compelling reason why Elizabeth Ann Seton became a Catholic?

Do you know anyone who you think is a saint?

Could you be a saint as a teenager or young adult?

Do you know anyone who has been influenced by the life of Elizabeth Ann Seton?

For additional teaching aids, use the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton CD-ROM and commemorative book.