Meeting
2 Plan
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The
meeting will take place on the premises of the retirement
community or senior facility. If circumstances do not
permit this, substitute another activity for the facility
tour. Planned activities consist of viewing a video
of students particpating in the aging simulation activities,
a tour of the facility, and conducting an interview
on "Issues of Aging" with prepared questions.
Appropriate
for Grade Level: K-3 (May be adapted for older students.)
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MATERIALS:
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PRE-MEETING
PREPARATION:
- Prior
to traveling to the senior facility, review the Checklist
of Activities with students. Instruct students to make a
check mark next to each item on the list when they have
completed the task.
- Read
the questions on the Interview Sheet out loud to the class
and review the process for taking notes to record their
partner's answers.
- Remind
students that they should speak clearly when conducting
the interviews and use good listening skills when their
Grandbuddy is speaking.
- Provide
each student with a name-tag printed clearly with his/her
name.
- Provide
each student with a clipboard containing the Meeting
2 Checklist and "Issues of Aging" Interview
Sheet along with a pencil for note-taking.
ACTIVITY
1 - Sharing the Aging Simulations Video
- The
teacher will give a brief explanation of the aging simulations
that were conducted in the classroom to the group and suggest
that the older adults may wish to question their Little
Buddies about their experiences with the aging simulations
at the conclusion of the video.
- Students
and their Grandbuddies will watch the video together as
a group. (The availability of a video projector and a large
screen will make this activity much more enjoyable for the
group.)
- Teachers
will lead a question and answer session following the video.
ACTIVITY
2- Interview Grandbuddy:
- Students
and Grandbuddies work together to complete the questions
on the "Issues of Aging" Interview Sheet.
ACTIVITY
3- Tour of Senior Facility
- Grandbuddies
will take the students on a tour of the senior facility
and return to the meeting room at a pre-determined time.
ACTIVITY
4- Thank You and Good-bye:
- Teachers
will make any announcements to the group regarding future
activities and take any questions participants may have
before students depart. Students thank their Grandbuddies
for allowing them to visit.
Follow-Up:
- Teacher
will initiate whole group sharing of experiences with the
Grandbuddies.
- Student
will begin work on the book about his/her Grandbuddy using
the Story Starter: "Now that my Grandbuddy is
older . . ." referring to the notes
from the "Issue of Aging" Interview Sheet
and illustrate the story.
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