Other Intergenerational Projects

Public School
Lesson Plans on Aging Issues

The goal of the Lesson Plans on Aging Issues project is to integrate issues of aging into the social studies curriculum for grades 7 to 12. Because people in the United States are living longer and healthier lives, and the enormous baby boom generation is approaching "senior status," it is increasingly important for today's students to understand the impact of aging on individuals, families and society in the 21st century. The project:
• Offers field tested and evaluated lesson plans about aging
• Supports teachers in the project through training sessions and teaching materials
• Creates a workable model of gerontology integration in lesson plans which other school districts can use.

Read more at the project website:
http://www.ithaca.edu/aging/schools/

Kendal 4th Grade Project

For the past several years a Gerontology Institute faculty member has collaborated with a teacher at Cayuga Heights Elementary School and Kendal at Ithaca on a project named Then and Now. The two educators wrote and received a grant for the project which paired 4th grade students with older adults living at Kendal. The team members met several times and shared stories with one another. The chosen stories, one or more from each older adult and at least one from each student, were bound together in booklets which were distributed to the group at a year-end gathering. This was an extremely successful collaboration, as illustrated in the photos on display in the photo gallery.