CHAPTER 7The Adult in Society

Warm up:If you could be any age at all, what would you

be?Explain.

(when you go home today, ask your parents the same question.)

Section 1: Early and Middle Adulthood

Objectives:

• Summarize Daniel Levinson’s theory of adult male development.

• Identify and describe the stages of adult female development.

Stages of Adult Male Development

• Early Adulthood – ages 18-22: leaving the family is a major task; peer support is very important

• Entering the adult world – ages 22-28: beginning adult roles;

• Explore a variety of relationships; • independent; career advancement is

important; possibly a dream of the future is formed.

• Worst First Day at Work • http://youtu.be/D8cvOB19Qno

• Age 30 Transitional Period – ages 28 to 32: • sets to correct flaws in life structure; • divorce, job changes are common; • aspects of life are questioned. Choices made

during this period have long lasting consequences

• Settling down- ages 33-40: individual seeks order and stability; desire to sink roots.

• Major task is “making it in the adult world”; Advance in career;

• Fulfill dreams set in previous stages

• Age 40 Transitional Period- ages 38-42: turning point between young and middle adulthood;

• differences between the dream and reality; • divorce and career changes possible; • advancement and achievement not as

important

• Beginning or middle adulthood- Mid 40s: greater acceptance of self;

• more concerned with enjoying life and work; • greater concern for others

Early Adult Transition • main task is leaving home, both physically andpsychologically• begins when young adults go away to collegeor take full-time employment• break with parents not abrupt or total

11-24-14Warm up

• CNN student news….– Pay attention there may be a quiz afterwards

Phases of Adult Female Development

• Phase 1: Leaving the Family – young women leave home, break from their parents, and form a life plan, with an emphasis on marriage over establishing a career.

• Phase 2: Entering the Adult World – many women, often in their twenties, marry and have children. More than half combine work and motherhood. Others leave work, which limits later job opportunities.

• Phase 3: Entering the Adult World Again – many women, often in their early thirties, return to work after their children start school. They then pursue their career goals, similar to men in their twenties.

Phases of adult Female Development

Phase What are some of the possible effects on changing work patterns, marriage, parenthood, and single parenthood?

Leaving the family

For each phase and gender

• What are some of the effects of changing work patterns

• Delayed marriages• Delayed parenthood• Single parenthood

Reading and discussion of article

Read “Paid Parental Leave: U.S. vs. The World”

Which 2 countries provide the most leave?How about maternity and paternity?

How many weeks paid leave does the U.S. require?

Group Work

• Your group will assigned a European Union member state to compare and contrast maternity laws with the United States. (Chart)

• Consider issues such as the amount of leave, pay and job security.

• You will also write a few paragraphs to express/defend its opinion on which system most benefits families, the economy, and society.

Warm Up Section 2 11-25-14

What do you expect from your future career?

And since it’s soon to be Thanksgiving name one thing that you are thankful for.

Objectives:Describe how the nature of work in the United

States has changed.Explain how the composition of the labor force

in the United States has changed.

Changes in the Nature of Workand the Labor Force

Farming and Manufacturing – fell from 85 percent of the U.S. labor force in 1900 to 27

percent in 2000; most work now is in professions, office work, sales, and service jobs.

Education – workers’ education level has increased; about 90 percent of workers aged 25

to 64 have high school diplomas; about one third have college degrees.

• Olympic High School graduation 2014

• http://youtu.be/bO8bJAMhUEc

Women – have increased as a percentage of the total labor force; now hold about half of all

professional jobs

Minorities – have increased as a percentage of the total labor force; in particular Hispanics, who are the fastest growing group of American workers.

Warm up

From what you learned yesterday…..What is the fastest growing ethnic group in the

US labor force?Vocabulary:

Define unemployment and unemployment rate.

Answers

1. Latinos2. Unemployment is the situation that occurs

when a person does not have a job but is actively seeking work.

3. Unemployment rate is the percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed but

actively seeking work.

Changes in the nature of work and the labor force

Changes in the nature of work and

the labor force

Farming and Manufacturing Education

Women Minorities

Changes in the nature of work and the labor force

Changes in the nature of work and

the labor force

Fell from 85% in 1900 to 27% in 2000. Most work in white collar

jobs

90% of workers 25-64 have a high

school diploma. 33% have college.

50% of all professional jobs are held by

women

More open doors to minorities. Latinos are fastest growing

group of US workers.

Section 2: The World of Work

Change in the Compositionof the Labor Force

What are some of the changes that you have seen on the news or in the media?Are You Ready? Our Workforce is Changing http://youtu.be/orRLNzy8-TI

The World of Work

Increase in the number of women andminorities in the labor force

Better educated workforce

Changes in the type of work people do

Increase in career changes

Riddle me this…….

• In groups (3-4) I will assign you an occupation• Do not share your jobs outside of the group. • Students will research job (work done, job

satisfaction, pay ranges, required education, male: female ratio in job, retirement benefits).

• Once research is done students will create 2-3 riddles describing the work they do in order for other groups to try and guess the occupation.

• Your job is to create 2-3 riddles where other groups have to try and guess what your occupation is.

Based on what we have read…

Have any of you changed your mind on future careers?

Section 3

Warm upAnswer the following and be prepared to share:

I look forward to being 65 because…….I do not look forward to being 65 because….

New Challenges of Older Americans

Objectives:Describe the characteristics of life during late

adulthood.Identify the new challenges that older

Americans face.

Life During Late Adulthood

• Young-Old – ages 65 to 74; issues related to the adjustment of retirement

Young-Old continued

• Many start a new part time career to avoid atrophy.• Work or activity keeps your mind and body healthy.

Young-Old continued

• Some elderly face depression due to loss of daily work or lack of contact.

• Others don’t want to associate with “old people”

• Adjustment to retirement can be difficult.

Middle-Old

• Middle-Old – ages 75-84; issues related to declining physical and mental functioning, dependency, and death.

• When we talk about mental functioning in the elderly what is the number one disease that we think of most often?

• Alzheimer’s disease• An organic condition in which the brain cells

progressively deteriorate.

• The disease starts slowly: at first you forget names….then you physically are unable to do things such as drive a car.

• In the advanced stages you can become violent, loose speech, muscle control and vision.

• Eventually you enter a child like state.

During Video

• You need to be taking active notes in your speculation prediction journal

• Speculation -ideas or guesses about something that is not known

• On the left hand side of the paper you need to write a column for Speculation

• On the right hand side you need a column for What might/Should happen as a result of this

Speculation What might/Should Happen as a Result of this

Experience 12 Minutes In Alzheimer's Dementia

http://youtu.be/LL_Gq7Shc-Y

Alzheimer's Stages: Early Alzheimer's Through Later Stages of Alzheimer's

http://youtu.be/Ph8WAa2C53E

Warm up

4/10/14

Name the organic disease of the brain that we discussed yesterday and 1 of the side effects

Vocabulary: Define hospice

• Alzheimer’s disease

• Hospice care is a type of care and philosophy of care that focuses on the relief of a terminally ill or seriously ill patient's pain and symptoms, and attending to their emotional and spiritual needs.

Old-Old

• Old-Old – ages 85+; issues related to declining physical and mental functioning, dependency,

and death

Hospice CareExcept For Six - Hospice Documentary

http://youtu.be/eFXuC5p3-Cs

Body Story - Death - Dyinghttp://youtu.be/_0wcF8hHwow

To turn in

• On a separate piece of paper write down:• 19-39• 40-59• 60-74• 75+• Write 5 goals for each stage and how you plan

to get there.

Warm up 4-11-2014

Name one positive aspect of growing older

Name one negative aspect of growing older

Elaborate on both

• Eye To Eye: Oscar The Cat (CBS News) • http://youtu.be/9PxI3efVVeI

• Ernest "Doc" Watson's Jazz Funeral • http://youtu.be/InqnQ8vU3DU• Coffin Maker • http://youtu.be/JZDuVKn8dXc

Agenda for today

• Finish your take home test/quiz• Complete your stages assignment• Value of elders exercise• Current events from Upfront Magazine read

pages 8-9 & 14-15• Start next unit if time allows

What is the value of the Elders?

• Each of you create a piece of art that celebrates the various stages of the later years.

• Illustrate or symbolize the characteristics of late adulthood.

• In addition, write a paragraph using vocabulary words from this chapter explaining the artwork.

Quiz

• Open note quiz….treat this as a test!

• Please be sure to write on your own paper

• Label it either ID A or B