<aside> 💡 Lecture Topic: Eugenics

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Week 3 Lecture Notes.pdf

📅 Date: September 22, 2023

In today’s class, we will be watching a film about Eugenics. Below are some additional notes - some of which will overlap with the film, as well as our readings from the week. Other parts of the notes below will provide new content - specifically content about how Eugenics was practiced in Canada. On Blackboard, you can also find some additional films and documentaries about Eugenics (Visit Course Content, then the Relevant Films and Readings Page):

• Episode One - The Golden Door (from the US and the Holocaust)
• The Eugenics Crusade (what we will watch in class)
• Eugenics: Science’s Greatest Scandal (Episodes 1 and 2)
• The Sterilization of Leilani Muir (Canadian)
• Gattaca (Hollywood film about a dystopian future where people are classified according to the quality of their genetic code)
• Standing Tall at Auschwitz (about medical experimentation at Auschwitz on a family of dwarves)
• Measuring Up: The Eugenics Debate (Canadian)

The Eugenics Crusade

• Viewing Guide

Today’s Agenda

• Social Darwinism, Eugenics, and Psychology
  • What is it?
  • How did it become so big?