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5.5: Lecture Outline for Part IV
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Minority Studies: A Brief Text: Suggested Lecture Material for Part IV—Aging
- Identify and differentiate among various groups of the elderly.
- Young-old
- Old
- Old-old
- Oldest-old
- Identify and discuss the cohort effect
- Have students discuss the various shared memories, technologies, music, clothing styles, etc. from the Depression Kids through the Millennial Generation
- Discuss the aging process.
- Biological aging
- Social aging
- Identify and discuss social attitudes toward the elderly.
- Age-appropriate roles
- Age-appropriate behavior
- Clothing
- Activity levels
- Sexuality
- STDs and the elderly
- Health and illness
- Ability of the elderly to care for themselves and others
- Drug abuse and alcoholism
- Alzheimer’s disease and dementia
- Nursing homes
- The portrayal of the elderly in popular media
- Use the Internet to find and display statistical information concerning aging and the elderly.
- Use the Internet to find and display statistical information concerning the current legal status of the elderly in the United States.
- Use the Internet to find and display statistical information concerning the historical legal status of the elderly in the United States.
- Discuss ageism and the forms that it takes in the US.
- Use the Internet to find and display information about anti-ageist political and social groups
- The AARP
- The Grey Panthers
- Others
- Identify and discuss theories of aging.
- Conflict theories of aging
- Functionalist theories of aging
- Symbolic interactionist theories of aging
- Discuss Social Security and Medicare
- Discuss theories of death and dying
- Discuss euthanasia from social, political, and legal perspectives.
- Use the Internet to find and display information about euthanasia