Wouldn’t Take Anything For My Journey Now…

By: Preston TangDelveen Tahir

Tatiana CaicedoJaden Le

Nataly EscamillaSharon Feliciano

Ellen BoucherGabriela Ochoa

Parwin Tahir

Major Life Events

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyHqafC740Q

CohortsFamilyFriendsCommunityReligion

Historical Times Jan 20 - Bill Clinton becomes the

42nd President of the United States. Feb 11 – Janet Reno is selected to

be the Attorney General of the United States.

Feb 26 – The World Trade Center is bombed. 6 people are killed and over 1,000 injured.

Feb 28 – The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms attempts to arrest David Koresh.

April 17 – Laurence Powell and Stacey Koon are found guilty at the 2nd Rodney King trial.

April 19 – In Waco, TX, the 51-day stand-off at the Branch Davidian compound ends .

April 22 – The Holocaust Memorial Museum, located in Washington D.C., is dedicated.

What happen during 1993?

April 28 – An executive order requires the Air Force to allow women to fly war planes.

June 25 – Kim Campbell becomes the first female Prime Minister of Canada.

July 19 – Pres. Clinton announces his “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.

August 17 – This is the first day Buckingham Palace allows the public to enter the grounds.

Sept 13 – PLO leader, Yassar Arafat, and Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rubin, sign a peace accord.

Oct 19 – Benazir Bhutto becomes the first elected female Prime Minister in Pakistan.

Dec 7 – The 32-member Transitional Executive Committee holds its first meeting in Cape Town.

Dec 22 – The interim South African constitution was approved.

Cultural Norms Expressed through these EventsRace: “That Was

Then, This Is Now”

Gender: “You’ve Come A Long Ways, Baby”

New issues in the spotlight…

At this point in her life…Nationally-known

figureTeacherLecturerPoetAuthorDirectorComposerPlus…

Life Events…Fired from job at 16.

Wrote the poem "Mrs. V. B.”

Stamps, Arkansas. Grandma pointed out "whining and complaining.“

Student of Modern Dance; danced for black orgs. Encouraged by elders.

Once a year: "A Day Away."

Turning Points"Getups” – learned to be

a bit discreet when necessary.

Aunt Tee's story: learned to see life as an art that can be developed

Book: Lessons in Truth, Practical Christianity. "God loves me.”

Terry's Pub in NYC, 41 yrs old. NY Post. "I had standards.”

Links between family members Her son, Guy Aunt Tee Her grandmother,

Mamma Her mother, Vivian

Baxter

Links with the wider worldOprah Winfrey "On the Pulse of the

Morning" for the Presidential inauguration

American Library Association list of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990–2000

Human Agency Definition -Human agency is the capacity for human

beings to make choices on the world.- Human agency entails the uncontroversial,

weaker claim that humans do in fact make decisions and enact them to the world.

Human Agency in Making ChoicesMaya dresses in colorful

clothes. She chooses and creates her own fashion because nobody knows her better than herself.

Maya returns to live the Word of God after she was introduced to Lessons in Truth, and Frederick Wilkerson asked her to read “God loves me.” many times.

Maya’s mother helps her to get back her strength after being fired from her work.

She takes the words of her grandmother to heart and learns a lesson about complaining

Maya chooses to move back to Berkeley to live and experiences racism when talking to the collector.

“A day away”, she wants to be absent from the normal living.

Terry’s Pub is her pub, Maya often comes here for her finest hours.

Maya has her unique “style” of living.

“It is wise to take time to develop one’s own way of being…Never try to take the manners of another as your own…”

Angelou, p. 27

Activity Theory (of aging)A Theory of aging

that proposes that higher levels of activity and involvement are directly related to higher levels of satisfaction in older adults.

Disengagement Theory (of aging) Theory of social gerontology

that suggests that as elderly individuals grow older, they gradually decrease their social interactions and ties and become increasingly self-preoccupied.

Example: “Once a year or so I give myself a day away… I inform housemates, my family, and close friends that I will not be reachable for twenty-four hours; the then I disengage the telephone” (p.137).

Ego Integrity vs. Ego Despair Integrity- Accepting oneself and

seeing one’s life as meaningful.Despair- Rejecting oneself and

one’s life.

Examples: Death and Legacy- “When I think of

death, and of late the idea has come with alarming frequency, I seem at peace with the idea that a day will dawn when I will no longer be among those living in this valley” (p. 47). [Despair]

Getups- “You will always be in fashion if you are true to yourself” (p.57).[Integrity]

“I realize that living well is an art which can be developed. Of course, You will need the basic talents to build upon: They are a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings, an assurance that the world owes you nothing and every gift is exactly that, a gift” (p. 65). [Integrity]

Continuity TheoryIndividuals adapt to changes

by using the same coping styles they have used throughout the life course, and they adopt new roles that substitute for roles lost because of age.

- In the past we saw how Maya Angelou was writing in a different way. She was providing her readers with a detailed description of some of her life experiences that she lived in certain stages of her life.

- Now in her late adulthood we still see Maya Angelou writing, but now she is providing her readers with her reflections on some of her life experiences.

Feminist Theory & Life Course PerspectiveFeminist Theory Gender is a key factor in

understanding a person’s aging experience.

Ex: “Being a woman is hard work” (p.6).

Life Course Perspective Aging is a dynamic, lifelong

process characterized by many transitions.

Ex: Maya Angelou writes this book in a life course perspective taking in consideration certain stages of her life.

Naomi Judd attend Dr. Maya Angelou's 82nd birthday party with friends and family at Angelou's home on May 20, 2010 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Social Exchange TheoryResource exchanges in

interpersonal interactions change with age.

Ex: Older persons get involved in volunteer activities; this activity may also be seen as fulfilling an emotional need that provides a personal gain.

Ex: “The New Testament informs the reader that it is more blessed to give than to receive” (p. 15)

Risk FactorsPossibility of death

because of her ageHealth problemsSmall family circle Friends that have

passed away

Protective FactorsSpiritualityFinancial stability IndependentExperience in

problem solvingConfidentSelf-ImageLarge circle of

friends

Protective Factors Cont.Does not seem to have

any signs of Dementia or Alzheimer’s disease

Continues to work:  writing books, poems, directing and starring in films, also  teaches at various colleges and universities

Early life experiencesResilient Not afraid of dying

That story has stayed with me for nearly thirty years, and when a tale remains fresh in my mind, It almost always contains a lesson which will benefit me.

µMaya Angelou

POP QUIZ!Where was Maya

Angelou born?Saint Louis, Missouri

List 1 event that happened during 1993?Please review

How old was she when she first wrote our group book?Age 65

POP QUIZ!What are some of the

theories we discussed about?Please Review

What are some protective factors we discussed?Please Review

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