Connecting the Generations

Dartmouth researcher Aine Donovan is working to put together a better understanding of the "Millennial Generation" and what motivates them. She says that today's high school students are generally more patriotic, service-minded and socially conservative than their parent's generation. As head of the college's ethics institute, Dr. Donovan is particularly interested in finding the moral compass of these kids so teachers and professors can work with their students best. We'll talk with Dr. Donovan about her research.

Also in tonight's show: Each year, John Fladd encourages his eighth graders at Deerfield Community School to "adopt a dead person" from one of the town's many graveyards. It gives the students an introduction to genealogy and sleuthing as they piece together the life of someone long gone. We'll talk with John about this ongoing project and what it's yielded.

Here's a link to Deerfield's "Adopt a Dead Person" site.

Here's a link to John's website, with lots of information on past projects.