FAMILY STORIES

During the second term, our students from 3˚C and 3˚D worked on a project called Family Stories. The goal of this project was for the students to strengthen intergenerational connections by learning more about elderly members of their families. To do this, they interviewed their family members, created family trees, and designed posters with the most significant events that occurred during their loved one’s lifetime.

This project was an opportunity for the students to connect in a new way with their grandparents, aunts, uncles and parents by giving their family members space to share their wonderful memories with the younger generation. Hopefully, this connection helped them value the priceless stories and insights of their loved ones. In order to capture those memories, they were asked to conduct an oral history interview using the voice recording tool on their phones.

Through this process, our young students have learned important social and emotional skills including patience, listening and active citizenship, as well as gaining a sense of their roots and identity. In addition, they have enhanced other skills, such as translation and writing abilities, along the way.

Below are some examples of their work. Note: the interviews and most names and family trees have been omitted for the sake of students’ privacy.