A Bridge Between Generation Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan

A Bridge Between Generations

Form: 5th

Date: April 7, 2017

Teacher: Liliana Nederita

Aims:

To learn about their city in the past

To get to know about life in the past and compare it with the present

To facilitate understanding through communication

To strengthen the relationship between the generations

To get to know the rich inner world of an older person

To create for the elder generation the comfort of being listened and understood

Note!

Prepare the room for the meeting ahead of time. Put old pictures of the city and people from the time of the grandparents youth.
Ask the grandparents to bring pictures from the photo album of their childhood and youth

Activities	Description	Links
Our city of the year 1970	Students and Grandparents watch a video of the city of their youth. Reflection questions: How did the streets look? Did they look any different? In what way? How did the people look? How did the cars, busses and other means of transportation look? Was there anything different from today?	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KlHBuLuDCM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KlHBuLuDCM
Picture on the wall	Each grandparent presents his/her pictures. Chooses one to talk about. Students look at the pictures and ask questions or simply listen to the grandparents talk
Childhood	Task for Grandparents When you think about childhood what images come to your mind? Describe them.
Grandparents the Great Prankers	Did you use to play tricks on people when you were a child? Describe a funny case of misbehaviour. What was the worst punishment for misbehaviour? Grandparents and students share taking turns
G&G Grandparents about Grandparents	Teacher asks the grandparents. Did you communicate much with your grandparents? What was your relationship between you and your grandparents? What did you learn from your grandparents?
Traditions	Do you think traditions are important? Do you follow traditions? Do you tell your grandchildren about traditions?
A letter to my grandson/grandaughter	Introducing the example of James Flanagan who wrote 18 pieces of advice for his grandchildren ask the grandparents to write/say a set of advice with their grandchildren.	http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ann-brenoff/grandfathers-last-letter-advice-jim-flanagan_b_1909622.html
A letter to my granny	The students think about and write a set of recommendations and suggestions to their grandparents about how to enhance their communication.