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Peer reviewedSmith, David B. – Educational Leadership, 1997
For six weeks, 25 Connecticut seventh graders interviewed senior citizens from a nearby assisted-independent-living facility. By celebrating their senior partners' life experiences, students formulated a better understanding of major events in 20th century American history. During the fifth and sixth weeks, students shared something from their own…
Descriptors: Biographies, Grade 7, Interdisciplinary Approach, Intergenerational Programs
