Eugenics Reading #5: Tracking Inherited Traits

Confused? Frustrated? Need help? Post your questions here about the 5th reading and maybe we can help each other as a group.

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I will check these later this afternoon and this evening but wiil post nothing after 9pm!

Good luck!
Mr. M

Eugenics Reading #4: Eugenics & the Promise of Progress

Confused? Frustrated? Need help? Post your questions here about the 4th reading and maybe we can help each other as a group.

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I will check these later this afternoon and this evening but wiil post nothing after 9pm!

Good luck!
Mr. M

Eugenics Reading #3: The Laws of Heredity

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Good luck!
Mr. M

Eugenics Reading #2: Race Improvement

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Mr. M

Eugenics Reading #1: Darwinism to Social D

Confused? Frustrated? Need help? Post your questions here about the 1st reading and maybe we can help each other as a group.

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I will check these later this afternoon and this evening but wiil post nothing after 9pm!

Mr. M

What's your beef?

You want it? You got it.

What's wrong with this country? Of all the problems plaguing this great nation of ours-socially, economically, politically- which is the worst and why? Explain your reasons, provide examples and back up any facts, statistics with citations.
Go to it blawggers: What's your beef?
Meyers

#2 :RedStar vs. Captain America: Battle for the Third World

Courtesy of our boy Hab:
Now this one will require some research on your part. BTW, let the rest of us know where you get your information! (give us the url in your post)- and blawggers keep each other honest about this in a courteous way!

How did the Cold War and the accompanying proxy wars, arms race, space race, etc. affect the economies of developing countries (formerly called "Third World")? Was the Cold War responsible for the development of these countries or did we ultimately strangle these countries' development? Explain your reasoning using examples & if possible make connections between CW-era policies & current events (i.e.- Operation ____________ in Vietnam & _________).

Here's Hab's original:Did the swelling of two superpowers and their crony countries strangle the development of new countries and governments and draft un-willing countries into the political war?

The Question!

Here it is pholks...adapted from T-Bone:

Was American anti-communism a realistic threat to our freedom or simply a threat our postwar economic hegemony abroad? Make sure you give examples to back up your rationale. I'm putting a 48 hour time limit on this one and then we will switch to a new one! Enjoy!

The Few, The Proud, The Meyersblawggers!

Well kids, this is it. The new and improved Meyersblawg. And like that retro-cool fashion jacket of the 80s, it's "Members Only." As such, I think all y'all should be the first to suggest the first topic. Here are the parameters:

a. School appropriate: No legalizing drugs, or insulting language!

b. Open-ended: Make it a topic which allows dialogue (notice I said dialogue, not argument!!)

c. Cold War-related: This gives you a 50 year window, so c'mon, be creative!

d. Refrain from "counter-culture" at this point: We'll be covering the hippies later- I promise!

Let's see your ideas!

WWI- Selling the War to Unwilling Buyers

Alexander Berkman & Emma Goldman: Anarchists deported under the Esp & Sed. Acts for protesting the war

During World War I, the US was divided on whether to participate. Many felt it was a European and the US had no business getting involved. Some argued it was a war of empires and we should stay out (remember we never felt that we were imperialists!); others saw it as a war of capitalism- a way for big business to get rich selling their products to warring countries while keeping American workers in barely livable wages (in other words profiteering off others' misery- both our workers & ultimately the Europeans); finally some simply felt the war was immoral (killing to bring peace was never right).
The US ended up resorting to a draft (the Selective Service Act), propaganda, & even denying civil liberties (like freedom of speech, press, & assembly)to those who disagreed with the war.
Ultimately these worked, the Selective Service was responible for almost 1/2 of the 4.8 Million "doughboys" who served in WWI. Propaganda helped get Americans to ration their goods and buy war bonds. And the Esp. & Sed. Acts quashed (crushed) dissent toward the warby imprisoning & in some cases deporting them from the US

BUT here are the question(s):
1. Were these methods ethical? What do you think Meyersonians?

2.In a time of war is it reasonable to (a) draft men (& WOMEN!)to serve in the military, (b) use propaganda to convince Americans to support a war, & (c) suspend civil liberties to keep dissension from occurring & the nation united?

3. What are the implications for today? Should a draft be instituted for the War in Iraq? Why or why not? When is propaganda allowable & when is it harmful to us? What about our civil liberties? Would you give them up for greater unity? What about greater peace?

Unit Guiding Question

The question has been posed to you all:
To what degree should we be proud or ashamed of American society & government between 1880-1920.

Be sure to read my own comment posted at 4:45-ish!

Consider MULTIPLE aspects to the question: immigration, anti-immigration feelings, urban problems, contributions of the Progressives, the new innovations, and anything else that may help. (Don't focus on one idea!!)

If you're a real blawgphreak- you'll respond to another classmate's posts!