Intergenerational History Activity

Creating our history of the last 100 years

• Gather a group of people of significantly different ages. Ask them to help you tell a story of our joint history. 
  
• Across the top of the table on the next page, different decades have been grouped together into an era. Down the left-hand side of the table is something to be identified for each of the eras. 
  
• Ask each person to provide an appropriate answer for each box, and write them down.

	1920s, 30s, 40s	1950s, 60s.	1970s, 80s, 90s	2000s.
A favourite TV/radio show
A popular song
A sporting hero
A significant technological advance
A typical church social activity
A popular song / hymn in church
A fashion item
A famous band
The most successful football team

Reflect together:

• How many boxes can you fill in?
  
• What do you notice that is different (or the same) across the generations?
  
• How easy did you find it to remember some of the answers? Does it matter how old you are?
  
• What do you know now that you didn’t know 10 minutes ago?

Here is a printable version (2 pages) of this activity.