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Spring 2014
Sociology of Aging
Gero. 300 Sections -10539, 11272, 11400
Soc. Sections 335-10168, 11258, 11401

Orientation	Week One	Week Two
Week Three	Week Four	Week Five
Week Six	Week Seven	Week Eight
Week Nine	Week Ten	Week Eleven
Week Twelve	Week Thirteen	Week Fourteen
Week Fifteen	Week Sixteen Final

Orientation	Quizzes Due	Readings	Lectures	Web Discussion Topics	Handouts/ Other Due Dates
Orientation: Jan 20,21 22,& 23 Students who do not complete this Orientation by midnight Thurs. Jan 23 will be dropped from the course. After Orientation the Class week will begins at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday and ends at 11:55p.m. the following Wednesday.	Check for the Orientation Quiz	Read the Orientation Link, Syllabus and surf the site for familiarity Start thumbing through the Annual Editions text for possible topics that interest you for your final topic presentation. In week three you will be asked to post a proposal for your paper. Instructions will be provided.	Orientation Lecture. How to Become An Online Student Need Motivation? Try this video trailer "Young@Heart" has Northampton, Massachusetts seniors engaged in serious, and inspiring, musical performance. They've become famous, but you can see the video trailer at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjnfoFg7i7g	Introductions: Are You Ready? Respond to at least two classmates for full credit. Check the link to your right on how discussion boards are graded-cite your work for a superior grade	Please be sure to put Gero 300 or Soc 335 in the subject line of your emails to instructor wards@arc.losrios.edu Grading Criteria for Discussion Boards Links to help with your final Topic Presentation. You will want to come back to these links later. Resources below for the How to Organize and Write Your Social Policy Presentation Why Cite it? Research Sources Put the terms NPR and aging in Google and see what pops up. Google now has a Google Scholar that's pretty cool too. http://scholar.google.com Video List- noted throughout this course for extra credit. They must be completed in the week offered. Watch lecture and correspondence from me for dates they can be completed.
Week One	Quizzes Due	Readings	Lectures	Web Discussion Topics	Handouts/ Other Due Dates
Jan.23-29	No Quiz this week	Trouble remembering what you read? Check out this week's handout "College Study Skills" Turn to the section on Reading for retention. Moody Prologue xxi-xxxi Annual Editions Article Article One- pg2 Elderly Americans If you have not done so check the table of contents of the Annual Editions Text. Make check marks on the titles that interest you. These should be the focus for choosing a topic for your social policy presentation. You will need to cite at least one other source.	Intro/what is Social-Gerontology? Why study Societal Aging	Web # 1: Evaluating Web Sites Be sure to cite the sources of materials you post and respond twice. Do this on at least two different days NOTE on citing: We all make assertions that we are sure are true about aging that are actually not correct. By citing your assertions we can catch those misgivings.	Electronic Handouts College Study Tips Semester Planner For instructions on how to use the planner click here Did you solve the blind spot puzzle? Remember to solve it you must think outside the box. Let us know at the discussion board if you did. DONT MISS THIS IMPORTANT STUDY TOOL. http://www.sagepub.com/moody7e/study/chapter.htm
Week Two	Quizzes Due	Readings	Lectures	Web Discussion Topics	Handouts/ Other Due Dates
Jan. 30-Feb.5	Quiz 1 (One) Located at the quiz link above. It will appear at 12:05 on the first day of the class week	Basic Concept I- A Life Course Perspective on Old Age Pg. 1-26 Annual Editions: Article 3 pg 8 Living Longer: Diet and Exercise	A Life Course Perspective on Aging	Biological Theories of Aging	Modernization Theory Erikson's Psycho/Social Development Are you narrowing down the subject for your FINAL Social Policy Presentation? You should be looking at articles and deciding on your subject. E-mail me if you have questions. Instructions for this assignment can be found under the Electronic Handouts section in the Orientation section above
Week Three	Quizzes Due	Readings	Lectures	Web Discussion Topics	Handouts/ Other Due Dates
Feb.6-12	Quiz 2- located at the quiz link above	Controversy 1- Does Old Age Have Meaning? Moody Page 27- 49	Does Old Age Have Meaning?	This week you will post an outline of what your are planning for your final post. Tell us the topic What is your subject ? Which resources are you using?	See Orientation handouts above for materials and instructions for your FINAL Social Policy Posting Find lots of aging-related statistics in one place. The Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics was initially established in 1986, with the goal of bringing together Federal agencies that share a common interest in improving aging-related data. To get all the numbers you need visit: http://www.agingstats.gov/Agingstatsdotnet/Main_Site/About/About_Forum.aspx "A Profile of Older Americans: 2012" from The Administration on Aging at: handouts/Week 3/2012profile.pdf http://www.aoa.gov/Aging_Statistics/Profile/index.aspx NOTE: if you want to ensure a good grade on your final posting? You may send your completed FINAL assignment least two weeks before it is due to have it pre-graded.
Week Four	Quizzes Due	Readings	Lectures	Web Discussion Topics	Handouts/ Other Due Dates
Feb13-19	Quiz 3 Located at the quiz link above	Skip Controversy 3 Basic Concepts II Aging, Health Care, and Society Moody, P. 129-161 Annual Editions Article 17 P50 Upbeat Boomers	Aging, Health Care and Society	Demographics Respond to classmates postings	Boomers Approaching Midlife http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/general/boomers_ midlife_2002_1.pdf Demographics Housing Options Made Easy for elders Faulty Fountains of Youth
Week Five	Quizzes Due	Readings	Lectures	Web Discussion Topics	Handouts/ Other Due Dates
Feb.20-26	Quiz 4 Be sure to complete this week's quiz	Should We Ration Health Care for Older People. Mood. p. 163-193 Annual Editions: Article 10 pg.30 The Myth Of Living Longer	Should We Ration Health Care for Older People?	Rationing Health Care for older Adults Be sure to post in an editorial format. Respond to classmates postings	Bending The Health Care Cost Curve-http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Blog/2012/Jan/Bending-the-Health-Care-Cost-Curve.aspx Elimination of Premature Disease
Week Six	Quizzes Due	Readings	Lectures	Web Discussion Topics	Handouts/ Other Due Dates
Feb.27-Mar.5	No quiz this week. Put the energy into your posting. Remember this counts for lecture time and is expected to be a bit more in depth	Choose one of the following to read in Annual Editions then look for the extra credit assignment at the bottom of the Web Discussion Topic page. 25 The Grieving Process 26 End of Life Concerns 27 The Myriad Strategies	Cyber Field Trip Cost of Dying	Cost of Dying/ Cyber Field Trip REMINDER: because there is no lecture of text to read this weeks posting should involve a bit more digging and researching for a superior grade.	Rip Off You must read this in order to understand this week's assignment Consumers Guide to Funeral and Cemetery Purchasing. http://www.cfb.ca.gov/consumer/consumer_guide.pdf General Price List 2010 example Chapel of the Angels.
Week Seven	Quizzes Due	Readings	Lectures	Web Discussion Topics	Handouts/ Other Due Dates
Mar.6-12	Complete Quiz 5	Controversy 5 Should Families Provide for Their Own? Moody pg.197 to end of chapter	Should Families Provide For Their Own?	Long-Term Care	Long Term Care Insurance- To Buy or Not to Buy You should be busy on your final Social Policy Presentation. Remember it is worth 25 points plus the replies (35 points possible). Anytime you want to have your postings checked before the due date submit it two days before the end of the class week to me via email.
Week Eight	Quizzes Due	Readings	Lectures	Web Discussion Topics	Handouts/ Other Due Dates
Mar.13-19	Complete Quiz 6	Controversy 6- Should Older People Be Protected From Bad Choices? Moody Pg. 233 -end of chapter Annual Editions Article 5 pg.12 Will You Live to Be 100?,	Should Older People Be Protected From Bad Choices?	How long will you live?	Alcoholism in the Elderly "Lost Generation" was a winner of AARP's "U@50" Video Contest and this video has twenty-something's imagining their life beyond age 50-- with perspectives to provoke discussion. This video has "gone viral" and now been viewed by more than 15 million visitors (no, that's not a typo). See it at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42E2fAWM6rA
Week Nine	Quizzes Due	Readings	Lectures	Web Discussion Topics	Handouts/ Other Due Dates
Mar.20-26	Complete Quiz 7	Controversy 7 Should People Have The Choice to End Their Lives? Moody pg. 261	Should People Have the Choice to End Their Lives?	Is it ever OK to end life? Respond to classmates	Advanced Health Care Directive
Week Ten	Quizzes Due	Readings	Lectures	Web Discussion Topics	Handouts/ Other Due Dates
Mar.27 -Apr. 2	No quiz, instead work on your Social Policy Presentation	Basic Concept III Social and Economic Outlook for an Aging Society, pg. 293 Annual Editions Article 28 P.130- A Little Help Can Go a Long Way	Social and Economic Outlook for an Aging Society	Looking For A Job, The Economics of Aging	History of the Aging Network http://www.seniorconnection.org/pdf/an_history.pdf California's Aging Network Long Term Care Financing and Social Policy
Week Eleven	Quizzes Due	Readings	Lectures	Web Discussion Topics	Handouts/ Other Due Dates
Apr. 3-9	Quiz 8	Controversy 8- Should Age or Need Be the Basis for Entitlements? Moody pg. 325	Should Age or Need Be the Basis for Entitlements?	Public Policy	Historical Ratios of Social Security Workers to Retirees. Social Security Projections of Financial Status Don't Blame the Elderly Victims for the Looting of Social Security
Week Twelve	Quizzes Due	Readings	Lectures	Web Discussion Topics	Handouts/ Other Due Dates
Apr. 10-23 Note spring break April 14-18 campus closed	Quiz 9	Controversy 9- What Is the Future of Social Security Moody pg. 365 Annual Editions Article 33 p. 153 Social Security: Fears vs. Farcts.	What is the Future of Social Security?	What is the future of Social Security? Respond to classmates postings	How Social Security Works Emotional Cycle of the Market Social Security Update History of Social Security and Medicare Tax Rate Maximums USATODAY.com - Medicare: The next riddle for the ages. The 10 Physical, Social, and Political Crises the Boomers will Face Social Security's Enduring Truths
Week Thirteen	Quizzes Due	Readings	Lectures	Web Discussion Topics	Handouts/ Other Due Dates
Apr. 24-30	Quiz 10 -- This is the last week for quizzes, you are done with them!! yea!	Moody "Is Retirement Obsolete?" Page 401	Is Retirement Obsolete?	Calculate Your Retirement	No Handout outs this week Want your final post pre-graded? Email it to me before the end of this week
Week Fourteen	Quizzes Due	Readings	Lectures	Web Discussion Topics	Handouts/ Other Due Dates
May 1-7	YOU ARE DONE WITH QUIZZES FOR THIS COURSE!!!	Controversy 11 Aging Boomers: Boom or Bust Moody pages 441 Annual Editions Article 11 pg32 Society Fears the Aging Process	Aging Boomers-Boom or Bust?	Advocacy For Seniors- A Cyber Field Trip :
Week Fifteen	Quizzes Due	Readings	Lectures	Web Discussion Topics	Handouts/ Other Due Dates
May 8-14 Please note that next week is finals week and the final post will be open for just three school days	No Quiz	No text readings	Course Summary	What Will You Do?	No Handouts this week
Week Sixteen Finals Week	Quizzes Due	Readings	Lectures	Web Discussion Topics	Handouts/ Other Due Dates
May15-21 class site will close on May. 28. Grades will be posted to the I mail account after I complete grading.	I am sorry, school policy does not allow me to email grades. Grades will be posted on the eservices system as soon as they are calculated	Read Classmates presentations and respond in the discussion area	no lecture materials this week. You are done!! congratulations.	FINAL Researched Social Policy Topic Presentation "People are entitled to their own opinions, but they're not entitled to their own facts." Sen. Daniel P. Moynihan Cite your work Read classmate's research and discuss their findings using class theory and concepts. Cite your work. NO WAGS HERE PLEASE	Respond to classmates postings . Last day to post for credit is May 21