People and Places P eople and Places Oral History with Senior Citizens Union High School 11935 Abercorn St. 1800 Tremont Blvd. One goal is for students to realize that textbooks can t match the knowledge gained from people who experienced history.
Students get lots of social and daily life history from the seniors.
In conjunction with the President s Summit for America s Future, NEA s Retired Program will train retirees to work with youth, develop inter-generational programs, recruit retirees to help children read independently by the end of the third grade, and develop partnerships with other organizations, businesses and public schools. An inter-generational consultant in New Jersey coordinates getting seniors into the schools to volunteer. This elementary school has an active program of seniors volunteering in classrooms in many ways, assisting the school staff in various aspects of boosting student learning. This school uses grandmothers of students to come into the school and read to whole classes, small groups of students and individuals.