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The Young and the Old: Children Giving Back to Their Community.
Tisthammer, Barb – Active Learner: A Foxfire Journal for Teachers, 2001
Third-grade students at Albion Public School (Albion, Nebraska) were linked with "special friends"--elderly residents at a local home. Students learned first-hand about the lives of the elderly, worked on related projects in school, shared activities with their new friends, and formed some very special relationships. (SV)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Experiential Learning, Friendship, Helping Relationship