Be sure to respond with full sentences, with at least 5 sentences per question, and to be as specific and thorough as possible in your reflections. Please include your name, course information, and date on your assignment. If referencing material(s) is requested in the prompt, please include citations from the reading to support your statements. If you include references to external works, like research articles or video essays, these must also be properly cited. Information on proper citations can be found through OWL Purdue (linked here). You can find the rubric below or by selecting the 3-dot-button in the upper right of this announcement, which will expand and give you the option of reading the rubric. Once you complete answering these on a separate document (i.e. Microsoft Word document), please upload it to this assignment page. I look forward to reading your responses! Questions Chapter 12.1: Briefly define “gender”, “gender roles”, and “gender identity”. Next, identify how you believe families treat their children differently based on their gender. Finally, think back on your childhood. How “gendered” were your toys, activities, even interactions with others (such as your grandparents)? How do you think that affected your childhood, your adolescence, your young adulthood, even your future? Please support your argument(s) with properly cited evidence from the textbook, along with whatever lived experience(s) you wish to share. Chapter 13.2: Consider the five (5) stages of grief as described by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross. Next, think of a recent loss. Remember, all loss is valid, from a beloved family member passing away to a fractured work-friendship. In the context of this loss, do you believe you experienced any of the stages of grief? Why or why not? Finally, in this reflective process, do you believe you better understand elderly persons’ increasingly intimate understanding of loss, grief, and grieving? Please support your argument(s) with properly cited evidence from the textbook, along with whatever lived experience(s) you wish to share. Chapter 14.2: Consider a major (and modern) change to the family structure, the more frequent practice of cohabitation before marriage. Do you think cohabitation before marriage is a positive, negative, or net neutral change to the institution of family? Why? Please support your argument(s) with properly cited evidence from the textbook, along with whatever lived experience(s) you wish to share.
