Autobiographical narrative

Aims of the practice and description of participants -	Middle school students and elderly center’s seniors from the community of San Cesareo. -	Reduce loneliness of the elderly during the summer. -	Strengthening the belonging feeling of the community and the intergenerational spirit.

Resources, Materials needed -	Two animators who autobiographical experts and art teacher. -	Elderly center. -	Cards and tracks.

Duration 16 meetings twice a week during summer.

Step-by-step - what has to be done? The practice is based on an informal approach: 1.	Oral and written storytelling activities between childrens and elders. These stories are based on historical memories and traditions of their community such as most important events of contemporary history, recent history of the town of San Cesareo. 2.	Set up of an exhibition with several “Memory Stations”. These stations are diverse places into a room, which are dedicated to an elder who can tell his or her own story based on an object that inspired them, like images, traditional tools of the countryside, war finds from the Second World War and other objects of the country’s traditions. The displayer themes were school, games, work, war, bread, oil and wine. Children of the school are divided into groups and discover the stations. This exhibition is an inspiration of the “Bazar meeting”.

Learning Outcomes - which skills are addressed? -	Ability to tell individual and community stories. -	Ability to reflect on community life and its historical changes. -	Development of sociability. -	Digital learning by the creation of stories through images and writing.

How do you check the outcomes are reached? -	Feeling of pleasure from the elders of being able to tell their memories. -	From the children, well ability to discover and to listen stories.