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5.5 Assignments for part iv

Minority Studies: A Brief Sociological Text is a very, very brief textbook suitable for use as a supplemental or stand-alone text in a college-level minority studies Sociology course. Any instructor who would choose to use this as a stand-alone textbook would need to supply a large amount of statistical data and other pertinent and extraneous Sociological material in order to "flesh-out" fully this course. Each module/unit of Minority Studies: A Brief Sociological Text contains the text, course objectives, a study guide, key terms and concepts, a lecture outline, assignments, and a reading list.

Minority studies: a brief text: suggested assignments for part iv—aging

Essay: Discuss Social Security and Medicare.

Essay: Discuss the elderly in your family and your culture.

Find on the Internet: Statistical data about the elderly and the law.

Find on the Internet: US Census Bureau data about aging.

In-Class Discussion: How do we account for our attitudes about the elderly in the US?

In-Class Discussion: How do you treat the elderly in your family?

In-Class Discussion: How do you want to be treated when you are old?

In-Class Discussion: Should euthanasia be legal?

Oral Book Review and Discussion: The Fountain of Age by Betty Friedan.

Present to the Class: Statistical data about aging and the elderly in the form of a chart.

Read: The Fountain of Age by Betty Friedan.

Read: Three to five peer reviewed articles about aging and the elderly.

Read: Three to five popular media articles each about aging and the elderly.

Quiz: Definitions, Matching, Multiple Choice, True/False, Short Answer, Brief Essay

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OpenStax, Minority studies: a brief sociological text. OpenStax CNX. Mar 31, 2010 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col11183/1.13

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