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L’Dor V’Dor: Linking Youth to Elders from the Ground Up

By: Dr. Gina Freeman
from Columbus Jewish Day School

Categories:
Interdisciplinary Integration, Real-World Learning

Subject(s) of entry:
Art, Computer Science, History, Literature, Music, Tanach, Midrash

Pedagogy:
Constructivist, IBL - inquiry based learning, PBL - project based learning, UBD - understanding by design, 21st Century Skills

Grade(s) to which this was taught:
K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Elementary school, Middle school

Grade(s) for which this will be useful:
K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Elementary school

L’Dor V’Dor provides deep one-on-one encounters between students K-6 from Columbus Jewish Day School and Jewish and non-Jewish elders around lifecycle and holiday events. Through carefully planned and facilitated exercises, simulations, and activities, the intergenerational wisdom of elders interacts with the joy of youth among participants aged 6-106, through the use of art, music, text study, guided interactions, prayer, and more.

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This entry has been tagged with the following terms:

aging awareness, gerontology, historical artifact analysis, Intergenerational learning, Jewish loss and memory, Jewish value education, Kohelet Prize 2016-17, teaching empathy,

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