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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Where Do You Stand?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Scholars assess a government's ability to intervene in personal health decisions. They research basic facts about euthanasia and describe their opinions about new legislation passed in the United States Congress about an individual's...
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Handout
ProCon

Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Should physician-assisted suicide be legal? Using a debate topics website, pupils prepare to discuss the morality and legality of euthanasia. Scholars discover historical case studies involving assisted suicide, explore state-by-state...
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Lesson Plan
Deliberating in a Democracy

Euthanasia

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners analyze euthanasia as a possible way to die.  In this controversial lesson plan, students reflect and discuss euthanasia as a possible way to enter death.  Classroom discussion allows learners to voice their opinion and personal...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Right to Die - A Role Playing Activity

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Learners are assigned various roles to play in simulation intended to demonstrate the difficult choices involved in keeping relative on a life support system. They research a case, prepare their roles, and present their positions to the...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Breaking News English: Euthanasia

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Euthanasia instructional activity, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Politics of Death

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the topic of euthanasia. In this religion and ethics lesson, students investigate the cases of Terri Schiavo and Hugh Finn in order to gain an understanding of the euthanasia controversy.  
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Live And Let Die?

For Students 7th - 10th
In this live and let die activity, students, with a partner, complete a verb tense table on the verb die, fill in nine sentences with nine phrases associated with death and discuss ten questions dealing with suicide and crimes.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Euthanasia and the T4 Program

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine the euthanasia campaign used to rid the world of mentally and physically disabled Germans. Using the internet, they gather information either supporting or disagreeing with the idea of taking a life by euthanasia....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Life and Death Decisions

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students defend contrasting perspectives concerning the purpose of medicine and the issues surrounding euthanasia.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Bioethics of Eugenics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars research and discuss the ethical aspects of Nazi racial ideology, including sterilization, marriage prohibitions, and euthanasia. They develop codes of ethics regarding reproductive rights, euthanasia, and the death penalty.
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Website
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Euthanasia Program

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed article covering the establishment of the euthanasia program initiated by Adolf Hitler's regime.
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Handout
The History Place

The History Place: The Nazi Holocaust 1938 1945

For Students 9th - 10th
Article depicting the Nazi Holocaust from the beginning in 1938 with a simple boycott to the end in 1945 with the liberation of the death camps.
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Handout
University of South Florida

Fcit: A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust offers an overview of the people and events of the Holocaust. Extensive teacher resources and student activities are included, as well as photographs, documents, art, music, movies, literature, and more.
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Website
ProCon.org

Pro Con: Should Euthanasia Be Legal?

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a site for an in-depth look at the question "Should euthanasia be legal?" The topic is thoroughly discussed and is divided into issues with responses in a pro-con format. Includes links to much more information on the left.
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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: Loyal

For Students 9th - 10th
This poem shares the experience of the person who had to have his pet euthanized.
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Handout
Stanford University

Stanford University: Voluntary Euthanasia

For Students 9th - 10th
A well-reasoned and thoughtful discussion regarding the issues surrounding a person who wants to die. The author examines the conditions needed to make a case for assisted suicide and objections to allowing voluntary euthanasia.
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Article
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: The Trials of Dr. Jack Kevorkian (1992 99)

For Students 9th - 10th
He called his invention "the thanatron." It was an inexpensive contraption. A jewelry chain, parts from an Erector Set, an old motor, an intravenous line, and three plastic bottles. One of the bottles contained a saline solution, another...