Ethical+Dilemma


 * //The Adoration of Jenna Fox// by Mary E. Pearson**


 * Essential Questions:**

What does it mean to be human?

Are we merely the sum total of our memories and experiences?

How far would you go to save someone you love?


 * Unit Questions:**

How would further medical research impact us as humans?

Can we impose ethical restrictions on scientific research? If yes, then how do we achieve this? If no, how can advancements be monitored?


 * Content Questions:**

How realistic is the scientific information presented in //The Adoration of Jenna Fox//?

What external and internal factors influence human health and disease?

What are the most current advances in health and combating disease?

What decision would you make if it was your loved one in a situation like Jenna's?

How does environmental factors and/or genetics impact us as humans?

How are human behaviors shaped by circumstances, society and environment?


 * Discussion Questions for //The Adoration of Jenna Fox//**



** The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks **



How does science benefit humanity?
 * Essential Questions**

How does scientific discovery bring about human consequences?

Religious faith and scientific understanding, while often at odds with each other, play important roles in the lives of the Lacks family. How does religious faith help frame the Lackses’ response to and interpretation of the scientific information they receive about HeLa? How does Skloot’s attitude toward religious faith and science evolve as a result of her relationship with the Lackses?
 * Unit Questions**

What do you think is more important – a person’s personal rights over their own tissue, or contributing to science and research for the benefit of all humankind?

Henrietta Lacks died in 1951, but her cancer cells are still alive today. Do you think they carry some essence of Henrietta? How do you think you would perceive cells from someone close to you that grow in culture in a laboratory?
 * Content Questions**

What does this book tell us about the history of science and how science has progressed since the 1950s? After reading this book and considering the events it details, what do you think are key factors that influence scientific progress?



**Nature vs. Nurture** Read the following article about nature vs. nurture in special education.



**Essential Question**
 * What is intelligence? Is it acquired or innate? Explain.

**Unit Questions**
 * When are you labeled as a student? Are these labels beneficial or harmful?
 * How do you effectively group students in the classroom?

**Content Questions**
 * What are the advantages and disadvantages of placing special needs students in regular classrooms?
 * What examples of planned student segregation have you seen in your school?
 * Do you agree with the “dangerous assumption” or the “least dangerous assumption?” Explain.

Read the following articles about parental guidance in child development.






 * Essential Questions**
 * What does it mean to be a parent?
 * What is a positive relationship?
 * What is a parent-child relationship? Why is it important?


 * Unit Questions**
 * How do parents affect the future behavior of their children?
 * Some parents sit back and watch their children mature, some guide their children, and some dictate their children’s lives. Which style do you find most effective and why?


 * Content Question**
 * What role does environment play in the behavioral development of a child?
 * What roles does each parent play in the development of their children?
 * If good communication is an important parenting skill, how do parents and children learn to communicate effectively?

Read the following article:

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 * The Criminal Brain** (CNN)


 * Essential Questions**
 * What is your destiny?
 * How do you know right from wrong? What makes something right? What makes something wrong?

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 * Unit Questions**
 * If genetic tendencies tend to cause criminal behavior, what factors make parenting so important?
 * How can environment change the brain?
 * Why do some people grow up to be criminals and others do not?
 * What kinds of interventions might prevent people from becoming criminals?
 * Content Questions**
 * What is considered normal and abnormal? How do we classify psychotic behavior?
 * What are the biological traits of someone who is considered to be psychotic?

Read the following article @http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,789690,00.html
 * //Time// Magazine**


 * Essential Questions**
 * What is learning?
 * How do people learn?


 * Unit Questions**
 * What is IQ? Why is IQ relevant to society? What do IQ tests measure?
 * What makes a person a genius?
 * Content Questions**
 * What factors contribute to making a child bright?
 * If adopted children can be raised to improve their IQ, why are more orphans not adopted?

** Ethical Dilemma **

Read the following article about legislation aimed at antibiotic resistance


 * Essential Questions**
 * What does it mean to be healthy? What is your perception of healthy?
 * What factors determine a person's health?


 * Unit Questions**
 * Why are certain diseases immune to antibiotics? How have we as humans contributed to the immunity that diseases have acquired for antibiotics?
 * Why are antibiotic resistant diseases so deadly?
 * What diseases are currently resistant to antibiotics?
 * How do new antibiotics benefit the world?

Read about Ricky Lannetti's death from MRSA (read with "Antibiotic Resistant" article) @http://www.rickylannetti.com/newsarticles/lethalcatch.htm
 * Content Questions**
 * What type of role do private companies and the government play in the time at which new antibiotics are introduced?
 * How do pharmaceutical businesses’ impact the public in regards to ethics and profits?
 * How are new antibiotics introduced into the public?



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 * Video: Terri Schiavo Dies (Today Show)**

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 * Video: Terri Schiavo Biography (Today Show)**


 * Essential Questions**
 * What does it mean to be alive?
 * What is the value of life?
 * How should one live?


 * Unit Questions**
 * When is one's brain considered inactive?
 * What limits should doctors have when it comes to life or death?


 * Content Questions**
 * What role should parents, judges, and spouses have on the final say in whether a person should live or die?
 * Why are living wills relevant in society?
 * How far would you go in order to save a loved one?
 * How far would you go in order to respect a loved one’s wishes?