Instruction
“Portrait of an Elder”
Select a family member who was over the age of 65 when they died.
Contact people (preferably family members or long time family friends) from the following categories who knew them:
2 older persons (over 65)
2 middle age persons (45-64)
1 of your peers
Due September 24th at 11:59pm in Dropbox A one page paper naming the person you have selected to learn about and why you have chosen them, as well as the names and ages of the intergenerational folks you will interview and how and when you will contact them. Please include the person’s age at death. Please include a copy of their obituary. Why was this person selected? Also let me know if any issues have come up in the process of selecting the person and your interviewees. This paper will be included in the appendix of your final paper. 10pts
Update- Obituary- If the person has died recently, you can include a live link to their obituary in your paper. If you have a hard copy, you can include it as a photo or pdf on the second page.
Due October 8th at 11:59pm in Dropbox A one page paper giving a brief biography of the deceased person. Should include general information one would expect from a biography-- where they were born, the date they were born, the date they died, schooling, marital status, children (if any), what they did for a living, and anything else you think is relevant to your person. If revisions are indicated after I have seen it, please do so before the final paper. This biography will be included in the appendix of your final paper. (10pts)
From the answers you receive in your interviews and your own memory (or perhaps from what you remember hearing if they died before you were born or had the capacity to remember them) of the person, construct a portrait of who this person was and what they meant to your family. Incorporate relevant concepts and terms discussed in class and in your books/readings. Please bold each concept or term you use. Information obtained during your research process should be integrated together. Interviews should not be transcribed. This paper should be * 9-10 pages (double-spaced, 12pt font, 1 inch margins, with page numbers) in length and is due December 1st at 11:59pm in Dropbox. Please include emails or notes from all of your interviews (I assume that they will be in rough form-you do not need to “fix”). Include at least one picture of the person if possible- more than one is fine. Other documentation is welcome if you have access to it, i.e. letters, emails, diary entries, etc. This assignment is worth 100 points. No late papers will be accepted.
In addition to the 9-10 pages for the paper, please include in the appendix
1) obituary
2) biography
3) who you are interviewing.
I have done the 3 assignment above for you. They just need to be put together into a paper.
I just need help including sociology terms (She was a widow) and actually putting the paper together. It is pretty much all typed up. The interveiws just need to be trnascribed. You can add anything you want to make it make sense I don't care if it true or not.
I will attach Everything. The obituary is first (POE 1), Bio, and then the interveiws.
https://quizlet.com/36312851/sociology-of-aging-exam-1-flash-cards/