Eugenics

Eugenics

Who- hitler, other people who used misused early studies of genetics 

What- Eugenics is when a society or group of people control the genes that are allowed to be passed on to the next generation be sterilizing those who are considered to have inferior genes.

When- 1900's

Where- this happened in nazi Germany when hitter tried to exterminate all Jewish people because he believed they were inferior to his superior race. It also happened in America in the 1930's when 25,000 people where sterilized due to them having mental illness.

Why- this happened because of a misinterpretation of how people gain their traits by assuming that everything about you is genetic.

Link- http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/WhoAmI/FindOutMore/Yourgenes/Howdoyoubecomeyou.aspx

Common Core

Who- Students

What- Common Core

Where- schools

Why- The cons of common core are; it cost school money to update technology to be accommodate common core, common core also leads to high stake tests due to the standardization which allows all students to be directly compared, Also there is no common core for science and social studies which mean that states have to create their own standards for these.

When- 21st century

link- http://teaching.about.com/od/assess/f/What-Are-Some-Pros-And-Cons-Of-The-Common-Core-Standards.htm

Frederick Douglass

Who: Frederick Douglass was a former slave who fought for the abolishment of slavery

When: In 1851 The Frederick Douglass paper was created and ran for 9 years, in 1848 He attented the Seneca falls convention and agreed with the resolution to ask for woman's suffrage

What: He was a major advocate for the aboliment of slavery and for the rights of women and black people. He also was one of the most powerful black men during this time, with the support of many behind him including the president.

Where: Frederick Douglass was born in Talbot County, Maryland

Why: He is important because of the advances in black rights and woman's rights that he created and because of his work to end slavery 

link: http://www.greatblackheroes.com/civil-rights/frederick-douglass/

Current Event Debate Topic

Pro- The Common Core Standards will allow states to compare standardized test scores accurately. Up until the Common Core Standards, each state had their own set of standards and assessments. This has made it exceedingly difficult to accurately compare one state’s results with another state’s results. This will no longer be the case with like standards and assessments.

Con- The Common Core Standards will be a tremendously difficult adjustment for students and teachers initially. Make no mistake that this will be a difficult transition. It is not the way many teachers are used to teaching and not the way that many students are used to learning. There will not be instant results, but instead will be a slow process.

Who-students

What- Discussing Syrian gas attacks in school from different point of view and analyzing the data

When- September 4th 2013

Where- schools

Why- Present insight into the views of others instead of just the american news media's view

Albert Einstein

Who- Albert Einstein was a German born theoretical physicist.
What- He developed the general theory of relativity and is best known for his mass-energy formula E=mc^2 which has been renounced as "the world's most famous equation".
When- He was born in 1887 and died in 1916's, and became a citizen of america in the 1940's.
Where- He was a professor at the Berlin academy of sciences and came to america when Hitler came to power.
Why- Einstein thought that the laws of newton where no longer enough to reconcile classical mechanics with the laws of electromagnetic fields which led to the development of his theory of relativity.

Links-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein , picture

Capital punishment

Capital Punishment

Kirk Bloodsworth

Who: Kirk Bloodsworth was convicted and sentence to capital punishment, he is a former marine.

What: A 9 year old girl in Maryland was raped and murdered at a park and Kirk's name was reported to the police and they arrested him despite him not matching the description of the man who killed the 9 year old girl. Based on no hard evidence and only the mistaken witnesses, he was sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit. After a second trail he was able to get his punishment reduced to a sentence where he is still living. Later on when Dna testing became more well known he used Dna evidence to prove that he was innocent and he became a free man again in 1993 after being on death row and in prison for 8 years.

When:  August 19th, 1984 - June 28th, 1993.

Where: Maryland state penitentiary.

Why: This case shows that Capital punishment is a system that is clearly broken because any one who is falsely convicted of a crime that is punishable by death could be killed for no reason. Also because the people who are accused falsely are going to be killed they may not be able to prove their innocence in time. Not to mention for all the trouble they put Kirk through they only paid him $300,000 for being imprisoned and on death row for 8 years, which hardly feels like fair compensation.

Link: http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/07/opinion/bloodsworth-death-penalty/

6th amendment current event

1.Who - Scott Speers was convicted of a burglary using Nichole Stickle blood testing evidence.

2.What - Scott Speers challenged his conviction because the blood evidence that was was used to convict him was from a lab technician that was never cross examined in court which therefore breaches of his 6th amendment. the supreme court decided that this was not a breach of the constitution.

3.When - December 19th, 2013

4.Where - Indianapolis court

5.Why- I do not think this was a breach of his 6th amendment  because  the lab technian didn't really need to be brought into court to be examined to explain how the blood was his when the test already confirmed that it was his blood. Although you are given the right to know your  accuser  the lab tech was not really an accuser  so much as an expert witness, but because  the blood test was positive it's not really that difficult to understand so there was not really a need to bring in to testify.

Link:
http://www.theindianalawyer.com/justices-lab-tech-does-not-need-to-testify/PARAMS/article/33084