1. Choose a POSITIVE topic that relates to mid life (ages 35-65) and present research on your topic to the class. This can be a really fun presentation. Topics can cover cognitive development, changes in self-esteem, finances, sexuality, etc. You will need to start this research early! It is remarkable difficult to find positive info about midlife. You may want to try the AARP ( the American Association of Retired Persons) Website as a place to begin. The website probably won't have research articles but they do have lots of info on aging well. You can also interview family members about their experience of midlife. It might be very interesting to have several ages represented in the class's presentations. I bet 35 year olds have different things to say about their aging experiences than 65 year olds do!

2. Prepare a PowerPoint or Prezi describing the age that you chose and your topic about positive aging during midlife. You should include the research articles covered, a reference page, video clips, etc... Pretend that you are presenting it live in class. If you are ambitious you can film yourself making the presentation and post it! It should be a minimum of ten minutes and a maximum of twenty if it were done live. Remember that this is the only information on midlife that your classmates will receive so do it up! College-level presentation, references, etc...

3. Define your topic or terms, tell us about your topic, and then present a research article on your topic For your research article- give us the title, authors' names, journal, number of subjects, who the subjects were, what was tested, how, and the results. This is the only time that your classmates will probably ever hear about your article so be thorough in presenting it!