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Timeline Project Overview During this course, students are learning/will have learned about the human life cycle

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Timeline Project Overview During this course, students are learning/will have learned about the human life cycle. Theories covered in this course include Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, Kohlberg’s theory of moral development, and Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages of development. Students’ will be asked to apply these theories to their own lives. Directions For this assignment, students are to create a timeline outlining the events of their life. Part I: Students will be creating a timeline detailing their life from birth to the present day while applying Piaget’s, Kohlberg’s, and Erikson’s theories to their own lives. This timeline will be in the form of a written paper which should be in chronological order and divided into sections based on the periods of development presented in this course. For example, Birth, Infancy, Early Childhood, Middle Childhood, Late Childhood, Adolescence, Emerging Adulthood, Early Adulthood, Middle Adulthood, Late Adulthood, and Death. While writing each section, think about what you have learned about human development through this course. Questions to Ponder: 1. How has heredity and genetics played a role in your life? 2. How have the decisions of your parents affected your life? 3. How have your experiences shaped your development/life? 4. How has your personality played a part in your life experiences? 5. How do you think it will play out in the future? Part II: Students will develop their timeline for their future life as they hope it plays out. Example: Suzie Snowflake is 18 years old. She completed part I and now is working on part II. Suzie will theorize if she will go to college or whether she will enter the workforce after her high school graduation. She decides that she will attend Marshall University in Huntington, WV for Criminal Justice. For the paper portion, she will write about why she chose Marshall University and criminal justice. She will include what future career she hopes to secure. Then she will continue building on this by writing about the next steps in achieving her desired goals. Part I & II Paper Requirements 1. Your birth. Where were you born? Who are your parents? Discuss the culture you grew up in? Do you have brothers and sisters? How are the circumstances of your birth important to your development? 2. Your Infancy through Early Childhood (till age 8). Be sure to include information on where you attended elementary school and how you adjusted to school. Discuss early friendships and how your relationship with your parents was during this time frame. Did you experience any cognitive, developmental, or behavior disorders or issues during this time? During this time what type of unintentional injuries did you experience (bike wrecks, falling out of a tree and breaking an arm or leg, etc.)? 3. Middle Childhood (age 9 to 11) through adolescence (age 18). Be sure to discuss your transition from elementary to middle school. Also, discuss friendships and if they changed; explain how and why they changed. Discuss your relationship with your parents during this time frame. Are there any physical changes you remember during this time? Did you experience any cognitive, developmental, or behavioral disorders or issues during this time? During this time what type of unintentional injuries did you experience (car wrecks, sports injuries, etc.)? 4. Emerging Adulthood (age 18-25) through Early Adulthood (age 25-40). Discuss how friendships changed upon graduation; explain how and why they changed. How has your relationship with your parents changed during this time frame? Did you experience any cognitive, physical, or developmental issues during this time? Did you attend/will you attend college? What college did you/will you attend? What degree program did you/will you pursue? What career did you/will you pursue? At what age did you/will you marry? Did you/will you have children? Will you return to the workforce or become a fulltime parent? 5. Middle Adulthood (age 40 to 65). Discuss your friendships how have they changed over time; explain how and why they changed. Are your parents alive? Do you help care for your aging parents? What type of care is provided for your aging parent/parents? Are they living with you or residing in a nursing home? Did/will you experience any cognitive, physical, or developmental issues during this time? Will you/have you made a career change since early adulthood? Did you/will you divorce? If divorced will you/did you become remarried? Did you/will you have grandchildren? Did/will your children return home to live as adults? Did/will you rear your grandchildren in the absence of their parents? 6. Late Adulthood (age 65 to 90). Yes, in this version of your life, you will live to a ripe old age. Discuss your friendships at this phase of your life. What is your life like at this point? Will you remain in the area you have resided in the past few years or will you move elsewhere? Will you retire or will you continue working? If you continue to work at what age do you plan to stop working? How has your cognitive, physical, and behavioral functioning changed? Is your partner still alive? How will you deal with this loss if you outlive him/her? What preparations will you make for your death? What will your funeral service look like? What will happen with your remains/body? Where will you be buried? What will you do with your assets upon your death? 7. Be sure to include the various theories during the appropriate stages of development in your life. Remember there may be several stages of development that apply at once. Part III: As part of this project students will create a scrapbook. The “scrapbook” in this case will be a PowerPoint or a google slides presentation. If a student elects to create an actual scrapbook they are free to do so as well. Components of the Project: • Page 1: Title page- Title, Name, and College. Decorate this page…be creative, use pictures, events…as the entire scrapbook should include pictures of students from birth to the present day. Students also can include pictures of their favorite toys, places, parks, etc. • Page 2: Your birth. Where were you born? Who are your parents? Discuss the culture you grew up in? Do you have brothers and sisters? How are the circumstances of your birth important to your life? Include pictures. • Page 3: Your Infancy through Early Childhood (till age 8). Be sure to include information on where you attended elementary school. Students can include pictures of friends. Include at least one picture. • Page 4: Middle Childhood (age 9 to 11) through adolescence (age 18). Be sure to include your middle school. Include at least one picture. • Page 5: Emerging Adulthood (age 18-25) through Early Adulthood (age 25-40). Examples: High school graduation, the birth of children, attending college, marriages, etc. • Page 6: Middle Adulthood (age 40 to 65). Examples: your place of employment, workplace photos, retirement parties, retirement plans, 25th wedding anniversary, etc. • Page 7: Late Adulthood (age 65 to 90). Yes, in this version of your life, you will live to a ripe old age. Examples: Where are you living at this age? pictures of grandkids, hobbies, etc. • Each page you must include: * At least 2-3 significant events that have happened or will happen to you that have had or will have an impact on your development as a person, with a few sentences about why they are significant in the notes section of the slideshow. They should be in sentence form written in the past tense. • * Illustrations. These can be photographs, or pictures cut from magazines, or cartoons, or something that relates to the stage. Use as many personal photos as possible. *(Geometric designs, PowerPoint backgrounds will not suffice.) • *Each page should be labeled with the decade you are depicting. Example: 1970’s, 1980’s, 1990’s, 2000’s, 2010. At the bottom of the page, you must put the stage or stages of development for that age according to Piaget, Kohlberg, and Erikson (for example, on the page from age 20 to 30, you would write “Intimacy vs. Isolation” at the bottom). NOTE: Some decades will have more than one stage. Some decades will have the same stage as other decades* The future is unpredictable, and the instructor understands this. However, we can all imagine what our future will look like and we can set goals for the future. This is your big chance to imagine it! Please keep unpredictable events to a minimum when imagining the future. We are the creators of our destiny.