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Unit 7: STEM, Ethics, and Human Lives

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Audio 12 hours
Hidden Figures - Audio 10 hours 47 min
Radium Girls - Audio 15 hours

Week 1 
UNIT 7: Ethics, STEM, and Human Lives

Writing into the day: journal prompt on
slide 2.

Read Note to Students and Parents/Guardians
15x3 Book pass. Read the prologue (and more) of each book. Fill out the book pass document. Turn in at the end of the hour.

Writing into the day: journal prompt on
slide 3.

Answer: Discussion Questions: Research Methods and Author’s Craft
Read and annotate (TQE) Chapter 1 of your book.

Watch and take TQE notes on the 1997 BBC Documentary: Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh (documentary that Rebecca Skloot references several times in TILoHL)

Writing into the day: 
slide 4

Read and annotate (TQE’s) 
Henrietta Lacks Chapters 2-6 (book 18-55/ pdf 16-44 / gdoc)   
Hidden Figures Chapters 2-5 (book 9-49/pdf 23-58)   

Radium Girls Chapters  2-9 (book 11-66/pdf 22-71) 
 

Writing into the day: journal prompt on slide 5
Choose one of the following articles to read. Write an Article Response.  
“Is Ignorance Bliss? Benevolent Deception in Medicine”

The Benevolent Deception
No-consent medical experiments put ethics to test
Morality, Religion and Experimenting on You
Complete Reading assigned Week 1 chapters
Complete week 2.15 Feedback Survey

Week 2 UNIT 7: Ethics, STEM, and Human Lives

Writing into the day: journal prompt on slide 6
Group discussion: Character Grid and TQE’s from  Henrietta Lacks Chapters 1-6  Hidden Figures Chapters 1-5  Radium Girls Chapters  1-9 
Listen to Episode 576: When Women Stopped Coding : Planet Money : NPR

Writing into the day: journal prompt on slide 7 
Read chapters and TQE’s:
Henrietta Lacks Chapters 7-22 (book 56-176 / pdf 45-129)
Hidden Figures Chapters 6-14 (book 53-149 / pdf 59-145)
Radium Girls Chapters  10-27 (book 67-199 / pdf 72- 188)

Writing into the day: journal prompt on slide 8
Read chapters and TQE’s:
Henrietta Lacks Chapters 7-22 (book 56-176 / pdf 45-129)
Hidden Figures Chapters 6-14 (book 53-149 / pdf 59-145)
Radium Girls Chapters  10-27 (book 67-199 / pdf 72- 188)

Writing into the day: journal prompt on slide 9 
Read #Gamergate: Here's why everybody in the video game world is fighting - Vox and complete an Article Response
Read chapters and TQE’s:
Henrietta Lacks Chapters 7-22 (book 56-176 / pdf 45-129)
Hidden Figures Chapters 6-14 (book 53-149 / pdf 59-145)
Radium Girls Chapters  10-27 (book 67-199 / pdf 72- 188)

Writing into the day: journal prompt on slide 10
Read chapters and TQE’s:
Henrietta Lacks Chapters 7-22 (book 56-176 / pdf 45-129)
Hidden Figures Chapters 6-14 (book 53-149 / pdf 59-145)
Radium Girls Chapters  10-27 (book 67-199 / pdf 72- 188)
Complete week 2.16 Feedback Survey

Week 3
Writing into the day: journal prompt on slide 11 
Watch Crash Course video: Henrietta Lacks, the Tuskegee Experiment, and Ethical Data Collection: Crash Course Statistics #12
Read Tuskegee Timeline
Research at National Archives Catalog database: https://research.archives.gov/
Enter “Tuskegee Syphilis Study” or “Tuskegee Experiment” in the search box choose 5 records to discuss with your group 
In discussion groups, Create a Discussion Presentation. Each student puts their 5 sources on their slide. As a group, discuss and choose 3 sources to investigate and complete “present” slides on.

Writing into the day: journal prompt on slide 12  
Read chapters and TQE’s:
Henrietta Lacks chapters 23-30 (book 179-249 / pdf 130-182)
Hidden Figures chapters 15-20 (book 150-211 / pdf 146-201)
Radium Girls chapters 28-48 (book 199-323 / pdf 189 - 295)

Writing into the day: journal prompt on slide 13  
Read and annotate for TQE’s “Seven Creepy Experiments That Could Teach Us So Much (If They Weren’t So Wrong)” 
Discussion groups: Are any of these experiments worth the payoff? 

Writing into the day: journal prompt on slide 14
Read chapters and TQE’s:
Henrietta Lacks chapters 23-30 (book 179-249 / pdf 130-182)
Hidden Figures chapters 15-20 (book 150-211 / pdf 146-201)
Radium Girls chapters 28-48 (book 199-323 / pdf 189 - 295)

Writing into the day: journal prompt on slide 15 
Watch FAQs from UofM’s Anatomical Donations Center
Google “Donating body to science” and click on the “news” tab. Choose an article, read it, and complete an Article Response

Week 4: FOUR DAY WEEK
Writing into the day: journal prompt on slide 16 .
Read chapters and TQE’s:
Henrietta Lacks chapters 31-afterword (book 250-328 / pdf 182-239)
Hidden Figures 21-epilogue (book 214-265 / pdf 202-249)
Radium Girls chapters 49-author’s note (book 324-405 / pdf 296-380)

Writing into the day: journal prompt on slide 17 .
Group discussion and presentation:  In groups, discuss and then answer the questions on the linked presentation.

Writing into the day: journal prompt on slide 18
Watch editorial Video “How to Write an Editorial” by Andrew Rosenthal and take notes. 
Brainstorm editorial ideas about ethics in medicine and research. 
Read textbook excerpt:  5 Major Moral Principles in Healthcare from Medical Ethics Online Textbook by Philip A. Pecorino, Ph.D., 2002 and take notes.

Unit Assessment Pt 1:
Write an editorial about ethics in medicine and medical research. 
You can use any of the unit resources including the book, the videos, and this week’s readings to support your claim.
Your claim MUST BE SUPPORTED with EVIDENCE from this unit.

Your editorial title should make a statement with your claim.
Make sure you include MLA citations for any supporting resources you use in your editorial.
Your editorial must not exceed 450 words. This requires you to narrow your claim and focus on something you are able to persuade your audience to accept in a limited number of words. The  title and list of sources do not count as part of your 450 words.
Your editorial must be 100% in your own words. Any  quotes or ideas you take from sources (other than your brain), you MUST cite both in-text (Author’s last name) and with a full MLA citation at the end of your editorial.

WEEK 5 - FINALS WEEK
Day 1:  WITD
Complete Unit Assessment Part 2: Informational Text Assessment
Work on Lit/Comp 10 Final Exam Project

Day 2:  WITD
Complete Common Core Standards self-analysis 
Complete End of Quarter late work form and professionalism conference planner
Work on Lit/Comp 10 Final Exam Project
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Day 3: Complete Article Response Watch/View final projects

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  • Home
  • LIT/COMP 10
    • Unit 1: Narrative Writing with the New York Times
    • Unit 2: Critical Media Literacy
    • Unit 3: Stunt Journalism and Research Writing
    • Unit 4: A Whole Lotta Drama
    • Unit 5: The Hill We Climb/Dear Martin
    • Unit 6: Marginalized People and Of Mice and Men
    • Unit 7: Ethics, Science, and Human Lives
  • Grammar and the English Language
    • Unit 1: The Basics - Words, Usage, and Grammar >
      • Unit 1: Common App and Writers' Craft
    • Unit 2: Rhetoric, Politics, and the English Language
    • Unit 3: Linguistics, Code Switching, and Register Shifting
  • Creative Writing
    • Creative Writing Syllabus
    • Student Publications
    • Teacher Blog
    • Course Readings
    • ISOs (In the Style of)
    • Peer Feedback
    • Unit 1: Mini-Memoir
    • Unit 2: Letters to Myself
    • Unit 3: Restaurant Reviews
    • Unit 4: Creative Short Fiction
    • Unit 5: Conversations
    • Unit 6: Our Voices
    • Final Exam
  • Advanced Creative Writing
  • English 3
    • Course Pack and Beginning of the Year
    • Genius Hour
    • Unit 1: Source Analysis
    • Unit 2: Short Stories About Us
    • Unit 3: 3 Tragedies
    • Unit 4: The Grapes of Wrath
    • Unit 5: Between the World and Me
    • Unit 6: Research Writing >
      • Stunt Journalism Research Project
    • Class Resources >
      • Grading in English 3
      • Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
  • AP English Literature
    • Virtual AP Lit Unit 1
    • AP Summer Reading Project
    • Common App Essay
    • The Bible Project
    • Women's Studies Project
    • Critical Literary Theory
    • AP Exam Resources
    • AP Grades
  • Junior Seminar
  • Senior Seminar
  • Race in America
    • Race in America Independent Study
    • Race in America: The Course
  • Contemporary Writings
    • Readings
    • Writings
  • Public Speaking
    • Unit 1: Memorization and Recitation
    • Unit 2: Political Speeches
    • Unit 3: Expert Speeches
    • Unit 4: Personal Storytelling
    • Public Speaking Syllabus
  • About the Author