The elderly are projected to make up a quarter of the U.S. population by the year 2025. This teaching kit introduces students to the major issues surrounding the growth of the elderly population. Young people whom older citizens are counting on for care and support are, for the most part, unaware of the impact that this burgeoning older population will have on them. The kit contains an introduction; four activities for students (Martha Sharma; Cheryl Stauffer); a data sheet; a wall chart, "Aging in the United States"; a bulletin, "Older Americans in the 1990s and Beyond" (Judith Trens); a glossary, and a 13-item bibliography. The kit can be used with older high school students or beginning college students and takes approximately one week to complete. (BT)