Teaching about Aging:

Aging Curriculum: Elementary, K-6.(1984).  St. Paul, MN: Minnesota State Department of Education.  (ERIC Documentation Reproduction Service No. ED261921)

Aging Curriculum: Secondary, 7-12. (1984). St. Paul, MN: Minnesota State Department of Education.  (ERIC Documentation Reproduction Service No. ED261922)

Angelis, J., & Reisch, K.  (1989).  Aging Across the Curriculum. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.

Babic, A. L. (1990).  Primer on Aging.  Acton, MA: Copley.

Couper, D.  (1992).  Schools in an Aging Society.  Hartford, CT: Connecticut State Department of Education and Department on Aging.

Levine, C.  (1989).  Resources for Teaching About the Aged. The Journal of Aging and Judaism, 4(1), 7-20.

Lyons, C. (1982).  On Growing Older: Curriculum Guides-Grades 1-6.  Pittsburgh, PA: Generations Together, University of Pittsburgh.

Mack, C., & Wilson, J.  (1989).  Share It with the Children: Preschool Curriculum on Aging Instructional Guide.  Pittsburgh, PA: Generations Together, University of Pittsburgh.

Missouri Education Center.  (1992).  Promoting Aging Awareness Among Youth: Establishing Intergenerational Linkages - Curriculum Series.  Columbia, MO: Author.

Moseman, L. A.  (1992).  Intermediate-level elementary teachers’ knowledge about aging and classroom aging education practices: An exploratory study (Doctoral dissertation, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 1992).  Dissertation Abstracts International.

Newman, S.  (1985, November).  A Curriculum on Aging in our Schools; Its Time Has Come.  Paper presented at the Brookdale Institute on Aging and Human Development, New York.   (ERIC Documentation Reproduction Service No. ED275572)

Okojie, F.  (1991).  Mississippi Curriculum on Aging for Secondary School. Jackson, MS: Mississippi State Department of Education.

Pratt, F.  (1990). Teaching young people about aging.  Linkages, 4(1), 1-2.

Scott, J. N.  (1986).  Aging instruction offers new challenges for the social studies hour.  The Social Studies, 77(3), 116-118.

Seefeldt, C. & Warman, B.  (1990).  Young and Old Together.  Washington DC: The National Association for the Education of Young Children.

Perceptions of Aging:

Aday, R. H.  (1991). Youth’s attitudes toward the elderly: The impact of intergenerational partners.  Journal of Applied Gerontology, 10(3), 372-384.

Aday, R. H. (1996).  Changing children’s perceptions of the elderly: The effects of intergenerational contact.  Gerontology and Geriatrics Education, 16(3), 37-51.

Aday, R. H., Sims, C. R., & Evans, E.  (1996).  Changing children’s attitudes toward the elderly: The longitudinal effects of an intergenerational partners program.  Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 10(2), 143-151.

Janelli, L. M.  (1993). Grandparent’s depictions in children’s literature: A revisit.  Gerontology and Geriatrics Education, 14(2), 43-52.

Krause, D., & Chapin, R.  (1987).  Examination of attitudes about old age in a sample of elementary school children.  Gerontology and Geriatrics Education, 7(3-4), 81-91.

Kupetz, B. N.  (1994).  Ageism: A prejudice touching both young and old.  Day Care and Early Education, 21(3), 34-37.

Laws, G.  (1995).  Understanding ageism: Lessons from feminism and postmodernism.  Gerontologist, 35, 112-118.

McGuire, S. L.  (1993).  Promoting positive attitudes through aging education: A study with preschool children.  Gerontology and Geriatrics Education, 13(4), 3-12.

Meadows, R. E., & Fillmer, H. T.  (1987). Depictions of aging in basal readers of the 1960s and 1980s.  Educational Gerontology, 13(1), 85-100.

Pratt, F.  (1986). Aging education aim: To prepare youth for long lives.  Perspective on Aging, 15(6), 4-5, 27.

Shenk, D., & Achenbaum, W. A., (Eds.).  (1994).  Changing Perceptions of the Aging and the Aged.  New York: Springer.

Sheppard, H. L.  (1990).  Damaging stereotypes about aging are taking hold: How to counter them?  Perspective on Aging, 19(1), 4-8.

Intergenerational Programming:

Hamon, R., & Koch, D.  (1993).  The elder mentor relationship: An experiential learning tool.  Educational Gerontology, 19, 147-159.

Kingson, E., Hirshorn, B., & Cornman, J.  (1986).  Ties that bind: The interdependence of generations.  Cabin John, MD: Seven Locks Press.

Lambert, D., Dellmann-Jenkins, M., & Fruit, D.  (1990).  Planning for contact between the generations: An effective approach.  The Gerontologist, 30, 553-557.

McCollum, S., & Shreeve, W.  (1994).  Young and old making a difference.  Early Child   Development and Care, 99, 103-112.

McGowan, T. G., & Blankenship, S.  (1994).  Intergenerational experience and ontological change.  Educational Gerontology, 20(6), 589-604.

Waggoner,  G.  (1995).  Adopt an elder: Linking youth and the elderly.  Activities, Adaptation  and Aging, 20 (1), 41-52.

Humanities and Aging:

Bagnell, P.V.D. & Soper, P.  (1989).  Perceptions of Aging in Literature:  A Cross-Cultural Study.  New York:  Greenwood Press.

Fowler, M. & McCutcheon, P., (Eds.).  (1991).  Songs of Experience: An Anthology of Literature on Growing Old.  New York: Ballantine.

Fowler, M. & McCutcheon, P., (Eds.).  (1994).  Love in Full Bloom:  The Many Faces of Love in the Golden Years.  New York:  Ballantine.

Kohn, M., Donley, C., & Wear, D., (Eds.).  (1992).  Literature and Aging:  An Anthology.  Kent, OH:  Kent State University Press.

Polisar, D., Wygant, L., Cole, T. & Perdomo, C.  (Eds.).  (1988).  Where Do We Come From?  What Are We?  Where Are We Going?  An Annotated Bibliography of Aging and the Humanities.  Washington, DC:  Gerontological Society of America.

Porter, L. & Porter, L. M.  (Eds.).  (1984).  Aging in Literature.  Troy, MI:  International Book Publishers.

Sennett, D., (Ed.).  (1988).  Full Measure:  Modern Short Stories on Aging.  St. Paul, MN:  Grey Wolf Press.

---.  (1991).  Vital Signs.  St. Paul, MN:  Grey Wolf Press.

Scott-Maxwell, F.  (1968, 1979).  The Measure of My Days.  New York:  Penguin.

Smith, C. H.  (1989).  Richard Eberhart's poems on aging.  Journal of Aging Studies, 3,  75-80.

Sokoloff, J. (1987).  The Margin that Remains:  A Study of Aging in Literature.  (American University Studies, Series 4, English Language and Literature, Vol. 37).  New York:  Peter Lang.

Wyatt-Brown, A. M., & Rossen, J. (Eds.).  (1993).  Aging & Gender in Literature: Studies in Creativity.  Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia.

Children’s Literature and Aging:

McGuire, S. L.  (1993).  Promoting positive attitudes toward aging: Literature for young children.  Childhood Education, 69(4), 204-210.

Gerontology Sources:

Birren, J. E. (Ed.).  (1996).  Encyclopedia of Gerontology: Age, Aging, and the Aged  (2 vols.).  San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Cole, T. R., & Winkler, M. G., (Eds.).  (1994).  The Oxford Book of Aging.  Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Hooyman, N. R. & Kiyak, H. A.  (1996).  Social Gerontology: A Multidisciplinary Perspective (4th ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.