North Carolina is in the final stages of preparing to pay 10 million dollars in reparations to people who were victims of their state-sponsored sterilization program. Â The deadline to file for a payment, if you are a victim, is June 30, 2014. Payments are set to begin a year from now, in June 2015. An overview of the latest developments is here, information about filing a claim is here, and pgEd’s lesson plan that looks at the history of the American Eugenics Movement, with an emphasis on the situation in North Carolina, Â is found on our Lesson Plan page.
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pgEd has two more major lesson revisions to share - this time it is "Reproductive Genetic Screening: Technology, access and decision making" and " DNA, Crime, and Law Enforcement". Updated facts, current examples, and a new, very sharp (if we do say so ourselves) look. As we travel the country teaching this summer, we are excited to have already shared these new pieces with teachers from Maine, Connecticut, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wisconsin, and Massachusetts! We're off to Alabama and Texas next...
Have a look at the new pieces and happy summer! pged.org/lesson-plans/
Posted by pgEd 1 month ago
Another updated revised lesson plan is now available on our website: "Genetics, history and the American eugenics movement" is updated for 2019, with new examples of people and communities impacted by this period in history. We hope our interdisciplinary approach means teachers will find this useful not just in biology class, but also in history, politics, law and others classrooms. pged.org/lesson-plans/#eugenics
Posted by pgEd 3 months ago
pgEd is happy to announce a major revision to our lesson, "Introduction to Personal Genetics". Broken into four chapters, it is a comprehensive and engaging piece that brings students into the urgently needed conversation about the benefits and implications of genetic technologies. We hope this will spark conversations in classrooms and beyond - and of course we welcome feedback as always. Special thanks to pgEd's Florcy Romero for her intellectual contributions and efforts to expand the viewpoints represented in this lesson.
pged.org/lesson-plans/#intro
Posted by pgEd 4 months ago
As part of our National Institutes of Health (NIH) SEPA-funded ARC (Building Awareness, Respect, and Confidence through Genetics) project, pgEd has been developing new, interdisciplinary curricula on genetics and identity. One of the topics being tackled in these materials is sex and gender. We have now produced a new information brief to highlight some of what is currently known about sex and gender from social and scientific research. Check out the link below to download.
Sex, gender and genetics: Download our information brief – pgEd
The Personal Genetics Education Project raises awareness and sparks conversation about the potential benefits as well as the ethical, legal, and social implications of personal genetics. We strive to ...Posted by pgEd 5 months ago
In Nov 2018, reports emerged that the first two children to have their genomes edited with CRISPR during their embryonic stage had been born in China. The news took many scientists and the rest of the world by surprise, and drew much controversy about the scientific and ethical appropriateness of the research. To help teachers and students navigate these recent developments, pgEd has produced a new mini-lesson. Students are not asked to make a moral judgement, but instead to analyze and discuss the many facets of this complex situation. Check it out at the link below.
pgEd Mini-Lesson on the CRISPR-edited twins – pgEd
The Personal Genetics Education Project raises awareness and sparks conversation about the potential benefits as well as the ethical, legal, and social implications of personal genetics. We strive to ...Posted by pgEd 5 months ago