Presents three activities to help elementary students make connections across the generations. Activities include: interviewing grandparents about the toys they played with and how they spent their time; collecting grandparents' words of wisdom and putting them into a book; and gathering the many names students call their grandparents to use in a…

Noting that grandparents in the parenting role are often overwhelmed by the problems of their children, grandchildren, and the social milieu in which they live, this manual presents a 14-session workshop series designed to empower grandparents who are raising their grandchildren alone. Designed to complement "To Grandmother's House We Go and…

Describes how a women's studies class explored the stories of students' mothers, grandmothers, and other women through readings and oral history. (DD)

Grandparents play an integral role in a child's life. In recent years these functions have been expanded due to longer life spans, access to better health care, and changing family dynamics. President Jimmy Carter designated Sunday, September 9th, 1979, as the first formal Grandparents Day, and the first Sunday following Labor Day in each…

Offers a classroom vignette illustrating how students learn through story. Focuses on 10-year-old Brad and the role literature discussion played in enabling him to work through the death of his grandfather. (SR)

Considers several aspects of grandparent/grandchild relationships, and discusses 43 children's books that teachers can use to nurture understanding of those relationships. (SR)

Children's books and learning activities are suggested to sensitize elementary students to aging and the elderly. (SJL)

Notes that Grandparent's Day is becoming a nationally recognized holiday celebrated by more and more schools, but that such celebrations can alienate students whose grandparents have died or whose families do not have good relations with the grandparents. Presents an activity to engage students who may be in these situations. (JW)

Develops a unit of study depicting grandparent/grandchildren interactions and shows how social studies content and an exploration of grandparents around the world can be encountered through literature depicting such interactions. Includes goals and related National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) standards, themes, activities for different…

Presents an art lesson for second-grade students that was inspired by the book "Grandpa's Face" by Eloise Greenfield. Comments that the students each wrote a descriptions of their grandfather's face, compared the artwork of Chuck Close and Vincent Van Gogh, and then made clay representations of their grandfather's face using abstract…

The guide is designed to help educators integrate the study of aging into the high school curriculum. Objectives are to promote and support the study of aging and the aging process, dispel popular misconceptions surrounding aging, aid educators in establishing programs with, by, and for seniors, and provide a list of helpful resource groups.…

This paper focuses on how social studies content and concepts can be explored through literature in which grandparents and grandchildren interact. The paper emphasizes that, through the intergenerational relationship, children can encounter and explore life in general, increasing their understanding of their own portion of the world and of…

Presents a learning activity to help students see themselves as part of the historical process. Describes the nine-week project in which students solicit written or oral remembrances of family, local, and national history. Maintains that the project integrated history and writing in a meaningful way for students. (CFR)