Lesson 5: Celebration of Living History
Handout 3

Living History Reflections

Complete the sentences or answer the questions honestly to reflect on the Living History project with your senior friend.

  1. On my first visit to the senior center or retirement home, I
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  2. Now when I go to the senior center or retirement home,
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  3. When I first met my senior friend, I
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  4. Now my senior friend and
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  5. Doing this project about someone else’s life made me feel
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  6. I think our Living History book
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  7. To accomplish this goal (writing the book), my partner, __________________, and I had to use the skills of (tell which five skills you needed the most and how you used them):
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  8. The hardest part of this project was
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  9. The best part of this project was
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  10. Using philanthropy and giving to others made me feel
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  11. This project could be improved by
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  12. I have learned
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