Follow a Blackfoot teenager as he reconnects with his aboriginal heritage through visits with elders, to historic sites and listening to stories being told.

Digby, Nova Scotia is a community with a long history of oral tradition. This has played a large part in preserving the community's history as elders' stories, gleaned from interviews, have been preserved for the future. This exhibit...

Having achy joints and fatigue may seem like complaints of an elderly individual. Life with Lupus, however, can cause such conditions in a teenager. Learn more about the condition in this article and the links to related sites.

The Metis have a multigenerational oral storytelling history involving spirits, supernatural,& the creator. Elders are a connection between the past and future. Learn more about Metis storytellers through the information on this...

Scholarly article in the International Journal of Epidemiology, published in August 2002. It examines the implications for government policy that aging will have in health care, elder care, and income supports.

"The Countess and Me", a novel by Canadian author Paul Kropp for grades seven to nine, deals with the struggle of a thirteen-year-old boy to gain acceptance from his peers who belong to a gang. He juggles this with his feelings towards...

This lesson focuses on how engineers improve assistive devices such as a cane to meet the needs of the elderly. Students work in teams to re-engineer a cane for a "client." They are assigned a client profile, develop a design to suit the...

Encyclopedia entry for the English scholar who wrote a history of the early centuries of Anglo-Saxon England and an encyclopedia which consisted largely of excerpts from Pliny the Elder.

An image of "Paradise", created by Dieric the Elder Bouts in 1450 (Oil on wood, 115 x 69,5 cm).

An image of "Hell", created by Dieric the Elder Bouts in 1450 (Oil on wood, 115 x 69,5 cm).

An image of "Portrait of a Man", created by Dieric the Elder Bouts in 1462 (Oil on wood, 31 x 20 cm).

An image of "St Jerome", created by Lorenzo the Elder Costa in 1485 (Panel).

An image of "Kneeling Man", created by Peter the Elder Vischer in 1490 (Bronze, height 36,8 cm).

An image of "Madonna and Saints", created by Lorenzo the Elder Costa in 1492 (Panel).

An image of "Adoration of the Magi", created by Lorenzo the Elder Costa in 1499 (Oil on panel, 75 x 181 cm).

An image of "The Penance of St Jerome", created by Lucas the Elder Cranach in 1502 (Oil and tempera on limewood, 56 x 42 cm).

An image of "Wings of the Kaisheim Altarpiece (inner view)", created by Hans the Elder Holbein in 1502 (Wood, 142 x 84 cm ; 179 x 82 cm).

An image of "Kaisheim Altarpiece (outer view of the wings)", created by Hans the Elder Holbein in 1502 (Wood, 142 x 84 cm ; 179 x 82 cm).

An image of "Crucifixion", created by Lucas the Elder Cranach in 1503 (Pine panel, 138 x 99 cm).

An image of "The Rest on the Flight into Egypt", created by Lucas the Elder Cranach in 1504 (Limewood, 69 x 51 cm).

An image of "Triptych with the Martyrdom of St Catherine", created by Lucas the Elder Cranach in 1506 (Lime-tree).

An image of "Triptych: The Martyrdom of St Catherine (central panel)", created by Lucas the Elder Cranach in 1506 (Lime-tree, 126 x 140 cm).

An image of "Triptych with the Holy Kinship (central panel)", created by Lucas the Elder Cranach in 1509 (Oil on panel, 121 x 100 cm).

An image of "Triptych with the Holy Kinship (verso)", created by Lucas the Elder Cranach in 1509 (Oil on panel, 121 x 100 cm).