MY HOMETOWN - Episode 14 - Unforgettable Remembrance Day / Veteran's Day Episode
MY HOMETOWN - (40x24 min) by Canadian Poet Jean Mercier • 24m
In this episode: • life’s cycles • loneliness • giving time to others • valuing the elderly • civic responsibility in the context of Remembrance Day/War Veteran’s Day
Teachers can also use any or all episodes in the classroom with a normal rental.
Miss Kaplan's cats are special to her - they are her only companions. While caring for the kitties during her absence, Thomas and his friends start to realize that she in fact, had loved ones before. A nice Remembrance day story that will touch everyone.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
This program will enable students:
• to appreciate the value of developing cross generation relationships.
• to understand how values and interests change through the various stages of a person’s life.
• to recognize the importance of civic responsibility.
• to understand the needs of the elderly in society.
• to examine the personal meaning of family ancestry.
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