hist125 week 6 discussion latest 2016 september

Week 6 discussion

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR DISCUSSIONS: Your contributions should be thoughtful and developed. Answer all parts of the question and use concepts from the course materials. Use a professional style of communication, with attention to grammar, spelling, and typos. Do not copy and paste information into discussions—write posts in your own words and cite all sources of information used. See the sample discussion post as a guideline.

Unless your instructor specifies otherwise, choose ONE of the following questions, and give a substantive response to at least two other students. A substantive response is not simply an agreement to your peer, but the response should add significance to the post and further the discussion.

To access the rubric for discussions, click on the discussion link for that week. The rubric is located towards the bottom of the discussion instructions.

In addition to your regular discussion this week, post another thread with your Multimedia Presentation in it for the class to view. Then, respond to at least one of your peers' presentations with additional thoughts or questions.

Initial discussion posts are due by Thursday at 11:30PM ET and at least two responses to fellow classmates are expected by the end of the week on Sunday by 11:30PM ET.

How does the attempt to control and codify plants and animals lead to eugenics? How are both of these views optimistic? Pessimistic?

How does the attempt to control and codify plants and animals lead to Spencer's extreme model of total non-interference? As with the above question, both are optimistic views but seem so very different. In what ways are they related?

Historians and scientists alike are admonished not to set out in their research to prove something. Rather they should set out to answer questions. How do the Holocaust and compulsory sterilization in the U.S. serve as a warning to researchers to follow this advice?

Choose one of the following. Assuming that all things except worldview are equal (scientific know-how, medical ability, economic structure), explain why one of the following would or would not have been possible in the year 1200. In other words how do these ideas fit or not fit with the worldview of the period?

The codification of plants and animals (including any or all of the researchers from the beginning of the chapter)

Spencer's philosophy