Difficulty Medium
Duration 45 minut
Type of activity Long term activities
Season Any
Occasion Any
Suitability Physcally fit
Locations Indoor
Tools
old black-and-white family photos or group photos
hats
scarfs
old-fashioned clothing and accessories
iPad or smart phone with camera function
projector or computer for displaying the pictures or a printer to print the pictures
Goal
Intergenerational learning; learn and discuss how it used to be taking pictures in the past.
Intergenerational benefits
Understanding and relationship building
Understanding and relationship building
The activity promotes the understanding and appreciation of the attitudes, opinions, and experiences which different generations bring to the relationships, understanding and avoiding generational stereotypes and fostering tolerance of different lifestyles and an appreciation for cultural heritages, traditions and histories.
Intergenerational learning and skill sharing
Intergenerational learning and skill sharing
The activity promotes learning and skill sharing among younger and older generations. It involves the sharing of positive resources that the young and old have to offer each other, especially the experience with novelties of modern times and valuable life lessons as well as cultural and familiar traditions.
Health and wellbeing
Health and wellbeing
The activity promotes physical and mental well-being. It has a positive impact on the quality of life (feeling of self-worth and a reduction in loneliness and isolation, promotion of physical and cognitive activity).
Personal impact
Personal impact
Developing soft skills (like empathy, confidence, communication abilities, learning skills) and developing their own strengths and talents.
Cognitive skills
Cognitive skills
Supporting mental / brain-based skills we need to do anything from the simplest to the most complex tasks:perception, attention, memory, motor skills, language, visual and spatial processing, executive functions.
Community involvement
Community involvement
The activity increases confidence and involvement within the community. It offers a starting point that could have a positive impact within the community.
Step by Step
- The mentor can collect older black-and-white family photos or ask the seniors to bring their along. The mentor also provides some hats, scarfs and other old-fashioned clothing and accessories.
- At first, the group discusses the old photos brought by the mentor or seniors.
- Ask the children to watch carefully how the people on the photos look like, how they are positioned, where they look, what they wear and what they do. The seniors can help explaining why that is so. They can also explain how it used to be taking a picture when this ways a rare occasion and how they prepared for it.
- The children and adults then try to recreate those photos by posing in the same way and wearing similar clothing and accessories. They should adjust the facial mimic, their position, their appearance etc. to match the old pictures. The mentor takes pictures with an iPad or a smartphone. He can also encourage older participants to take photos as well and learn how to use the new technology.
- Display the pictures on a projection, on a computer or print them out. Compare them with the original photos and see if you managed to capture the same atmosphere.
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