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Helping Your Patrons
Tell Their Life Story
Presented by
Hope Levy
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Learning for a Lifetime
www.TheresAlwaysHopeConsulting.com
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Objectives Explain the term “life review” generally and
specifically as it relates to your patrons’ needs
Describe at least three examples of life review
activities
Identify print, online and community-based
resources that your patrons can use to help them
tell their life story
Discover how developing a library-based life review
program can fit with your library’s mission
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Agenda
Factors to Consider and Examples
Sample Life Review Program
Sample Life Story Activities
Trends In Life Review
Resources
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Life Review
The variety of ways in which we
examine our life by reflecting on the
past, considering how our past has
influenced where we are today, and
creating a future using that which
we’ve learned about our past and
present in mind
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Quotes About Life Review
Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be
lived forward. -Kierdegaard
Since you are like no other being ever created since the
beginning of time, you are incomparable.
-Brenda Ureland
We do not change as we grow older; we just become
clearly ourselves. -Lynn Hall
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
-Socrates
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“Strange as it may seem, my
life is based on a true story.”
Author Unknown
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Who Tells Their Life Story?
Baby boomers wanting to look at their past as a
way to help them visualize their future
Older adults wanting to leave a legacy for their
families
Late-life elders who are looking to preserve
family history and find meaning
Anyone else, particularly in times of transition
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Life review takes many forms
What have you done thus far to
tell your life story or preserve
your family history?
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Factors to
Consider
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Factors to Consider
Level of functioning
Motivation
Health/cognitive status
Resources available
Setting
Group or individual
project
Time constraints
Who will facilitate
Personal preferences
Others?
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Ask
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• What is your
Goal?
• Who is your
audience?
By Yourself or With Ohters?
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How will you communicate
your story?
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Equipment/Technology?
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Photos
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Other Creative Ideas
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Poetry and Song
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Sample Program
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FREE CLASS
CREATIVE WAYS OF TELLING
YOUR LIFE STORY THROUGH GUIDED AUTOBIOGRAPHY
An opportunity to explore where you’ve been, where you are now,
and where you’re going
Sharpen your memories, learn more about the meaning of your life, and share your stories with others. This course is particularly helpful to people facing transition and to those interested in beginning or continuing to work on an autobiography, memoir or other life review project. Participants will review their lives through a semi-structured
topical and group approach, which is based on a proven method created by recognized
gerontologist, James Birren, Ph.D. In each session we will engage in personal development activities as well as complete and share a two-page narratives on one of a progressive series of themes. A week-by-week schedule is available at the class or online at www.TheresAlwaysHopeConsulting.com.
WHEN: Mondays, January 25 – April 4, 2016 (No class February 15 and March 28)
1:00 to 3:50 PM - Join us anytime. WHERE: San Francisco Public Library Latino-Hispanic Meeting Room (Lower Level)
100 Larkin Street (at Market) Easily accessible by MUNI and BART
COST: FREE - Join us anytime! TO ENROLL: Simply attend the class, and fill out a registration form on site. If you would like additional information please contact Hope Levy at 415.931.8679 or [email protected]; or the Older Adults Department at 415.452.5839.
THE INSTRUCTOR: Hope Levy has over 20 years teaching experience and is the former Acting Chairperson of the
Encore Learning Department at City College of SF. She holds an MA in Gerontology and an MA in Special Education from SF State University. Through her work, Hope promotes positive aging through her passion for lifelong learning. The Encore Learning Department of City College sponsors this class in partnership with the San Francisco Main Library. The Encore Learning Department of City College offers classes designed for adults 55 years old or better, though all are welcome to attend. All classes are FREE.
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City College San Francisco—Encore Learning
Creative Ways of Telling Your Life Story (OLAD 7412) Spring 2016 Class Schedule
Mondays 1:00 pm – 3:50 pm
San Francisco Main Library: Latino-Hispanic Meeting Room 100 Larkin Street
Facilitator: Hope Levy
Jan 25 Introduction and Registration
Forks in the Road
Feb 1 My Family, My Self
Feb 8 My Life’s Work
Feb 15 NO CLASS: Presidents’ Day
Feb 22 Self-Image and Well-Being
Feb 29 The Male-Female Equation
March 7 My Life Goals
March 14 From Secular to Spiritual
March 21 My Legacy Letter
March 28 NO CLASS: CCSF Spring Break
April 4 Create Your Own Theme
Schedule subject to change
(For updates, please check www.TheresAlwaysHopeConsulting.com)
Guided Autobiography A thematic approach to life review
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Sample Life
Review Activities
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Six-Word Memoirs “One life, six words, what’s yours?”
Example:
She always found the silver lining
What’s you six-word memoir?
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The Story of Your Name
How you got your name
Nicknames
Formal name/”pet” name
Family name
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Life Lessons and
Words of Wisdom
A lesson for each decade of your life
What have you learned in this
decade of your life?
Words of wisdom to the next
generations
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What have you accomplished in your lifetime?
Four accomplishments that you have achieved,
or would like to a achieve before the end of
your lifetime
What advice would you give to others?
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Family Tree Activities
Draw your family tree
What are the unknowns?
How can you fill in the gaps?
Tell about one unusual thing
about your genealogy
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Autobiographical Collage
Possible Themes
Now and then
Youth versus age
Past/present/future
Other ideas?
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Me at My Best Story
How have you used your strengths in
the past?
How do you use your strengths now?
How can they be used in the future?
Who recognized/recognizes these
strengths in you?
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Ethical Wills (CelebrationOfLife.net)
A legal will bequeaths your
valuables, while an ethical will
bequeaths your values
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More Sample Activity Ideas
Timeline/Turning points
Letter to/from Your Younger Self
Mementoes and Historical Events
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More Activity Ideas
A Food From Your Childhood
What is something you were afraid to do, but did anyway?
Growth v. Safety: i.e., errors of omission v. errors of commission
Time Machine Activity
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Trends in Life Review
Harnessing Technology
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Social Networking
www.Geni.com
Privacy | Terms
LoginOver 45 Million Profiles!
Geni is a private place for your family to build your family tree,
preserve your history and share your lives.
Use Geni to:
Build your family tree
Preserve your family history
Share family photos and videos
Celebrate birthdays,anniversaries and other events
Create profiles for yourchildren
Memorialize loved ones
You - Start Hereyour first name
your last name
your email
never shared, never spammed
gender male female
Start My Tree!
Got a GEDCOM?
Have a Facebook Account?
Geni is private and secure .
Only the people in your family
tree can see your tree and
profile.
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The History Project
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www.TheHistoryProject.com
International Institute for Reminiscence and
Life Review (IIRLR)
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www.reminiscenceandlifereview.org
Resources
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Life Review Resources Baines, Barry. Ethical Wills: Putting Your Values on Paper
(2nd Edition). DeCappo Press, 2006.
James Birren and Kathrynn Cochran, Telling the Story of
Your Life Through Guided Autobiography Groups. The
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001. *also see
www.guidedautobiography.com)
Richard Campbell and Cheryl Svensson, Writing Your
Legacy. Writer’s Digest Books, 2015.
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More Resources Fershleiser, Rachel and Smith, Larry. Not Quite What I
Was Planning: Six Word Memoirs. Harper Publications,
2007.
(also see www.SixWord.Memoirs.com)
Kathryn Laurenhue, Getting to Know the Life Stories of
Older Adults: Activities for Building Relationships.
Health Professional Press, 2007.
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Web Resources
www.Ancestry.com: Build your family tree using this social networking site
www.CelebrationOflLfe.net: providing ways to pass on one’s legacy of wisdom and legacy of generosity, as well as the legacy of values that is the focus of an ethical wi
www.Geni.com: Social website for creating a family tree
www.ReminiscenceAndLifeReview.org: provided information, education and resources in the field of reminiscence and life review
www.StoryCorps.net: an independent nonprofit project whose mission it is to honor and celebrate one another’s lives by recording life stories
www.TheHistoryProject.com: Capture the past with the technology of today
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Relevant TED Talks
Dave Issay: Everyone Around You
Has a Story the World needs to Hear
Talya Selasi: Don’t Ask Where I’m
From, Ask Where I’m Local
Celeste Headlee: 10 Ways to Have a
Better Conversation
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Activity Resources
Adam Bouldray, The Autobiography Box: A
Step-By-Step Kit for Examining A Life
Worth Living. Chronicle Books, 2000.
Conversation Pieces card game
LifeStories board game
Penny Ante card game
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Objectives Revisited Explain the term “life review” generally and
specifically as it relates to your patrons’ needs
Describe at least three examples of life review
activities
Identify print, online and community-based
resources that your patrons can use to help them
tell their life story
Discover how developing a library-based life review
program can fit with your library’s mission
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“Comedy is tragedy plus time.”
-Steve Allen
Thank you!
Hope Levy
415.931.8679
There’s Always Hope
Learning for a Lifetime
www.TheresAlwaysHopeConsulting.com
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