I nonni: per una prima formazione alla storia

Abstract

The essay addresses the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren, not as a comparison between generations but as a process of mutual growth which is mainly based on the narrative. Grandparents are the first historians of the family and through the narration of their memories they offer to their grandchildren a first approach to the historical time. Grandparents transmit information to the younger generations about their past, but also on the social history of the past and for this reason they help them to know the worlds long gone. Grandparents, through the emotions of the narrative, make it more real and alive the concept of “History” and this informal method of addressing the story could help the traditional teaching to fascinate most younger people in this discipline often considered far from the interests of children and boys.