Session Number
3
Location
A114
Grade Level
6th - 12th Grade History and Social Studies
Start Date
28-2-2025 10:50 AM
End Date
28-2-2025 11:50 AM
Description
During this panel, we will discuss the intersection of Progressive Era reforms and the pseudo-science of eugenics, looking at their impact on civil rights and immigration in American history and theories of Nazi Germany. This will include a full lesson plan run-through, with a set of primary sources, a PowerPoint slide deck, and extension assignments available for class use.
Group 1--Passing of the Great Race excerpt 1916.pdf (720 kB)
Group 2--Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby excerpt 1925.pdf (432 kB)
Group 3--Immigration Act 1924.pdf (348 kB)
Group 4--American Eugnenics Society pamphlet 1929.pdf (363 kB)
Group 5--Virginia Sterilization Act 1924.pdf (422 kB)
Group 6--Buck v Bell.pdf (168 kB)
Included in
Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Educational Methods Commons, Teacher Education and Professional Development Commons
Unsown Seeds: Eugenics, Immigration, Civil Rights in Twentieth-Century America
A114
During this panel, we will discuss the intersection of Progressive Era reforms and the pseudo-science of eugenics, looking at their impact on civil rights and immigration in American history and theories of Nazi Germany. This will include a full lesson plan run-through, with a set of primary sources, a PowerPoint slide deck, and extension assignments available for class use.
