MY HOMETOWN - Episode 29 - A Place To Belong
MY HOMETOWN - (40x24 min) by Canadian Poet Jean Mercier
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23m
KEY IDEAS in this episode: • Aging • contributing and belonging to a community • caring for others • citizenship • the election process
Mr. Deschesnes is greatly affected by his upcoming 80th birthday, and his friend Miss Kaplan is being pressured to move away in a home at the same time. Is this living the golden years in grace? Lisa recognizes that action must be taken.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
This program will enable students:
• to understand what it means to be an elderly member of a community
• to examine the aging process
• to develop and practice empathy for others
• to understand what good citizenship means
• to understand the political electoral process
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