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Intergenerational service-learning projects involve students and older adults. These projects typically involve students being exposed to issues of aging, mental health, nutrition, and fitness through service to another generation. Following are some of our most relevant resources for this topic.
NSLC-Produced Resources
NSLC Library Items
- Boomer Volunteer Engagement: Collaborate Today, Thrive Tomorrow (2008), Jill Fixler, Sandie Eichberg, and Gail Lorenz
- Generators: 20 Activities to Recharge Your Intergenerational Group (2005), Jennifer Griffin-Wiesner
- Connecting Generations, Strengthening Communities: A Comprehensive Toolkit for Intergenerational Program Planners (2005), Jeannette Bressler and Nancy Z. Herkin
- Connecting the Generations: A Practical Guide for Developing Intergenerational Programs (2004), James McCrea, Merrille Weissman, and Gina Thorpe-Brown
- Making the Connection: SaYES to Intergenerational Service-Learning (2007), Corporation for National and Community Service (PDF)
- Service Learning and Community Collaboration: Designing Cross-Generational Intervention Projects for Pre-Adolescent Girls (2005), Glenda Balas (PDF)
SLICE Ideas and Examples
- Memory Quilt (K-12)
- Partnering With Native Speakers to Document Louisiana French (HE)
- Senior-Senior Prom (K-12)
- View more: seniors and intergenerational interaction
- Effective Practices: Intergenerational
- Elderhostel's Service Learning Programs
- Environmental Alliance for Senior Involvement (EASI)
- Experience Corps
- Senior Corps
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