Re-Framing Aging paper

Re-framing Aging Paper: Information and Instructions Due Date: February 21, 2021 by 11pm

For this assignment, you are required to read through the “Finding the Frame” article found under the Course Resources tab in the Content section of Beachboard.

Your assignment is to type a 3-4-page essay on how aging and ageism impacts our society. Use this essay as an opportunity to frame your own solution to the issues presented in this report and discuss what your recommendations would be to change the direction of this narrative. Also, please discuss what must happen at various governmental levels to have your solutions executed (“The Plan” section, see below). Devote one to one and a half page(s) to a summary of the issue(s), and the rest of the paper should be used to present your thoughts and research on the best solutions you plan to implement. In addition to the Finding the Frame article, please reference a minimum of three outside sources related to your paper (at least four total sources, your textbook may also be a source).

Keep in mind, this is a narrative paper (first person) and the purpose of this assignment is for you to think critically about the issue of ageism/ aging and explore your thoughts, feelings, and solutions on these issues. Write creatively and honestly in explaining your ideas and what society will look like when your solutions are implemented. Furthermore, discuss specific ways you would put your solutions into place. Imagine that it is all up to you and you alone to make these aging issues better and more manageable, what steps are you going to take at various levels to better ageism issues. Please see detailed clarification on pages 2-3 (following pages) and Rubric on page 4.

Format: 3-4 pages, APA (6th or 7th ed)- Double-spaced; Times New Roman, Size 12 Font, with a minimum of four sources (including Finding the Frame article if your used it) cited in APA format. ***Do not forget to cite sources in text, as well as in a reference list. No Title page and Abstract necessary.

Please submit this essay by 11pm, February 21, 2021 via Dropbox on BeachBoard.

Please refer to the grading rubric below for a breakdown of the points’ distribution.

This essay requires a lot of reading and a lot more critical thinking, so please do not wait till the last minute to complete it. However, if for whatever reason you were unable to submit on time, I will accept late papers. However, late papers will be penalized for each day it is late (email late papers to me at [email protected] and submit to Dropbox). The reason for the late submission is not necessary, unless it is an excused absence, in which case, email me documentation of the situation please (doctors note, jury duty summons etc).

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Point Breakdown:

APA Format and Introduction: 20 points possible Controversy Summary: 50 points possible

Solutions presented: 50 points possible The Plan: 30 points possible

See Grading Rubric on page 4-5, and Clarifications on following pages (2-3) 😊

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Clarifications for this paper:

The Reframing Aging Paper (RAP) deals with the often-unspoken issue of ageism, what it is, why it is an important issue, where it is most prevalent and what can be done about it.

The RAP asks you to research ageism in today's society, as well as solutions to help in dealing with ageism issues. The first step in completing this paper is to read through the Instructions (above) for this paper, as well as the Finding the Frame article (Content tab). These instructions will clarify the information to discuss in your paper, while the Finding the Frame article is a long report full of information to reference in your paper (you are welcome to use other sources instead). I understand the Finding the Frame Report is long, skim the report and find points that interest you if you do not have time to read the entire report.

Once you have read through these documents, identify one or more issues that stood out to you which project ageism in today's society. These issues can be straight from the Finding the Frame article, issues you have noticed in society not mentioned in course resources, or issues you have experienced first-hand. As soon as you have the ageism issue(s)/problem(s) you wish to discuss, you will than explain what the issue(s) is(are) and why this needs to be addressed/ solved. This is where you can plug in some of your resources that you came across in your research.

From there, you will need to come up with (a) solution(s) to solve the particular issue(s) discussed. This is your own solution(s), how would you handle this? Does this need to be solved at a local, state or national level? Lastly, you'll need to take this a step further (in “The Plan” section) and discuss how you will implement your solution(s).

More clearly, you want to think about the solution YOU would implement if this was YOUR problem to fix. Is your solution a city/ regional solution that needs to be worked on within an immediate community, or is it a statewide solution that needs to be executed in one particular state? It could also be a national issue that you are trying to tackle, so you would need to get the federal government on board, or is it a global solution to contact the UN about? As soon as you have a firm grasp of what the issue(s) is/are and what solution you want to implement and the level at which you choose to implement it, go ahead and outline your essay and find research to support that there is an issue and how YOU will solve it. Create an execution plan, find out who your state/ local leaders are that you will need to contact to make your solution our reality. The Plan section is a detailed description of your execution plan. Please freely discuss your ideas and solutions to solve ageism in first person and be very detailed and specific in this section (Execution Plan). You are not required to actually execute your plan, you are only asked to discuss what you would do if you were the only one in charge to fix the problem you described.

For example, if the issue you choose to discuss is "the media frames advertisements to make us believe that growing old is undesirable and we must avoid it at all costs, via anti- aging products etc". One solution may be "to regulate media ads so that aging is embraced, rather than frowned upon." The Plan could be: "creating awareness and educating the public to understand that the media is using advertisements to brainwash us to see aging as a negative occurrence. Once Californians are educated, I will take a petition to get 10,000 signatures state-wide and present it to CA state legislature, in hopes to get to Governor Gavin Newsom and move that marketers be regulated to not advertise to Californians in such an ageist fashion. After I complete this in California, I will make sure to carry out

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the same process in other states, until I'm then ready to initiative a bill at a federal level, which mandates that ageist advertisements are banned completely."

This is a brief example of a summary of issues, solutions to the issues and explain my plan. The summary discussed the issue, the solutions discussed what needs to be done to better the issue and the Plan section discusses how the solutions will be implemented. You decide how far the solutions will be implemented. You may want your solution to stay at a local level, or at a regional level, at a state level... whatever level it is... how are you going to solve this issue? Explain in detail, in your paper. You are in the driver's seat on this one and you decide how this will get better.

The Plan showcases your ideas on how to implement your solution. Act as though this is your issue to solve, how would you go about solving it and how far do you want to go to solve it (local, regional, state or national)?

Please see Grading Rubric below and don't hesitate to email me/ post your questions in Module 4 Discussion Board and I will happily reply there.

Can't wait to read your solutions!! Happy Writing!

Please see following page for grading rubric!

Grading Rubric: 3

Criteria Exemplary:

A-A+ Grade Paper

Good:

B-C Grade Paper

Minimum and Below:

C Grade Paper and Below

Introduction

18-20 points - Introduction has: a. Strong opening paragraph that offers a clear focus/purpose and states the goal of the paper b. Flows smoothly, with effective transitions c. Varied sentence structures with no grammatical or spelling errors d. Uses an APA intext citation correctly.

15-17 points - Introduction has: a. Opening paragraph that offers some clarity on the focus/purpose and states the goal of the paper b. Flows somewhat smoothly, with limited transitions c. Varied sentence structures with some grammatical or spelling errors d. Uses citation incorrectly.

0-14 points - Introduction has: a. Opening paragraph that offers minimum clarity on the focus/purpose and states the goal of the paper b. Flow is adequate, with limited transitions c. Average sentence structures with grammatical or spelling errors d. No citations used.

Impact on Society Summary

45-50 points - Summary: a. Advances a sophisticated understanding of the main themes and important aspects of the controversy b. Flows smoothly with effective transitions c. Strong sentence structure with no grammatical or spelling errors d. Citations are in correct APA format

37-44 points - Summary: a. Advances a fair understanding of the main themes and important aspects of the controversy b. Flows somewhat smoothly with limited transitions c. Some sentence structure with some grammatical or spelling errors d. Citations are mostly in correct APA format

0-36 points - Summary: a. Demonstrates average understanding of the main themes and important aspects of the controversy b. Does not flow smoothly and demonstrates ineffective transitions c. Lacks sentence structure with many grammatical or spelling errors d. Citations are not in correct APA format

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Solutions presented

45-50 points – Solutions: a. Clear definition of the identified concept b. Strong and persuasive arguments given throughout c. Flows smoothly with effective transitions d. Varied sentence structure with no grammatical or spelling errors e. Sources are correctly cited in APA and integrated into the review as needed

37-44 points - Solutions: a. Somewhat clear definition of the identified concept b. Good arguments given, with only minor problems c. Flows somewhat smoothly with average transitions d. Some sentence structure with a few grammatical or spelling errors. e. APA format is incorrectly used.

0-36 points - Solutions a. Unclear definition of the identified concept b. Some decent arguments, but some significant problems c. Does not flow smoothly with ineffective transitions d. Lacks sentence structure with several grammatical or spelling errors. e. Plenty of formatting issues.

The Plan

27-30 points – The Plan: a. Clear description of what must happen at various governmental levels to have your solutions be activated b. Clear definition of the identified concept c. Strong and persuasive arguments given throughout d. Flows smoothly with effective transitions e. Varied sentence structure with no grammatical or spelling errors

23-26 points – The Plan: a. Less clear description of what must happen at various governmental levels to have your solutions be activated b. Somewhat clear definition of the identified concept c. Good arguments given, with only minor problems. d. Flows somewhat smoothly with average transitions. e. Some sentence structure with a few grammatical or spelling errors

0-22 points – The Plan: a. Little to no description of what must happen at various governmental levels to your solutions be activated. b. Unclear definition of the identified concept c. Some decent arguments, but some significant problems d. Does not flow smoothly with ineffective transitions e. Lacks sentence structure with several grammatical or spelling errors

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