TECHNOLOGY ETHICS
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Days 1 (May 18)
AIM Examine the potential consequences of using emerging medical technologies to create and improve humans.
AGENDA
AIM Watch the Movie Gattaca. Answer the following questions.
Activity - Tech Ethics Survey results -Discussion
1. Take Tech Ethics Survey - below
Topics for discussion
a. Who is Vincent?
b. Who is Anton?
c. What is Genoism?
d. Who is Jerome?
e. What is the significance of the Chicken Game?
ASSESSMENT
I can discuss the potential consequences of emerging technologies in the field of reproductive technology.
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Day 2 (May 19)
AIM Explore the plot of the movie, Gattaca
AGENDA
1. Topics for discussion
a. Describe Jerome Morrow's background.
b. What is a Degenerate?
c. Who is Irene?
d. Explain how the murder produced evidence of an Invalid
e. Describe Irene & Vincent's relationship.
f. Explain how Jerome's true identity was almost revealed.
g. What a Borrowed Ladder
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Days 3 (May 20)
GATTACA DAY 3
1. Topics for discussion
a. How was Vincent's identity revealed?
b. What did the Investigator discover at Jerome's house?
c. Who killed the leader?
d Who is the Investigator?
e. Who won the Chicken Game?
f. What did Vincent mean when he said "never saved anything for the swim back"?
g. What happens to Vincent?
h. What happens to Jerome?
2. See Titan Video from YouTube below to see what Titan is really like.
ASSESSMENT
I can identify the plot of the movie, Gattaca, and discuss the potential impact on society if such a scenario were reality.
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Ohio's New Learning Standards
American History
Historical Thinking and Skills
2. The use of primary and secondary sources of information includes an examination of the credibility of each source.
3. Historians develop these and use evidence to support or refute positions.
4. Historians analyze cause, effect, sequence and correlation in historical events, including multiple causation and long and short term casual relations.
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