Assignment task: For this assignment, you are to find a news article of some kind that discusses or depicts a current matter involving older adults, provide a summary of the article, how it relates to the class topic readings/videos, and your thoughts/opinion/questions after reading the article.
Please Submit This Assignment As A Word Document
You are welcome to find articles in local/national news, pop culture news, etc. You will receive full credit for the assignment if you include the following:
? The link to the article
? The year the article was published
? The article is no more than 5 years old
? The submission clearly indicates separated sections for the article summary, relation to the readings and videos, and your thoughts and opinions, [see Current Issues template for example]
? Each section (summary; relating article to readings and videos; your thoughts/opinions/questions) contains no more than 5 sentences that are written clearly and contain little to no grammatical errors (5 points)
? Identify how this article relates to the class readings/videos from the week
? Your thoughts, opinions, or questions after reading the article
Reading for this week: Warner & Willis(2015) pages 323 - 329
Format:
Current Issues #[Insert Current Issues #]: [Insert Topic of the week]
Article Link: [Insert article link]
Year of article publication: [year]
Summary: [No more than 5 sentences summarizing the article with little to no grammatical errors]
Relating article to readings/videos: [No more than 5 sentences relating this article to the topic of the week*].
*Do not just say that the article relates to the weekly topic (e.g., "the article on exercise in old age relates to this weeks topic because it is about physical heath, disease, and longevity"). Rather, talk about how the concepts you read about in the article relate to what you learned about in your assigned readings/videos from that week. My thoughts/opinions/questions: [insert your thoughts/opinions/questions].