In this two-part lesson, students will learn a brief overview of the history of eugenics and how to be an intersex activist. While participating, students will participate in group discussions and watching engages videos. Students will ultimately learn how the desire "to fix" intersex stems from this fraught and lengthy history of discrimination. Most importantly, they will learn Intersexuality is normal and how to be an Intersex Ally!

In this two-part lesson, students will learn a brief overview of the history of eugenics and how to be an intersex activist. While participating, students will engage in variety of activities including: group discussions, close text analysis, and watching videos. Students will ultimately learn how the desire "to fix" intersex stems from this fraught and lengthy history of discrimination. Most importantly, they will learn Intersexuality is normal and how to be an Intersex Ally!

Is it History or is it Hollywood? Participants will first analyze their own experiences as patients and consumers in medical media. In doing so, participants will partake in a gallery walk that consists of images of television’s most famous doctors. Then participants will then learn a brief history of the formalization of medical education. After this mini-lecture, participants will be asked to consider both the formalization's immediate and long-term consequences; and discuss whether or not this history has influenced the images of doctors they consume. You decide!

Is it History or is it Hollywood? Participants will first analyze their own experiences as patients and consumers in medical media. In doing so, participants will partake in a gallery walk that consists of images of television’s most famous doctors. Then participants will then learn a brief history of the formalization of medical education. After this mini-lecture, participants will be asked to consider both the formalization's immediate and long-term consequences; and discuss whether or not this history has influenced the images of doctors they consume. You decide!

This course will allow students to: -learn a brief overview of the history of eugenics. -identify lingering aspects of eugenical ideals and recognize how they specifically impact the Intersex Community. -explore and reflect upon their own biases towards groups of people of by exploring their universe of obligation. -explore themes of social justice, activism, and upstanders.

Throughout the course of this lesson, I hope to inspire the students to consider how the modern media they consume shapes their perceptions of the medical system— specifically their racialized image of the doctor— and how these perceptions are connected to the histories of medical education’s reform during the Progressive Era. The lesson, which is divided into two main parts, focuses on both participants lived experiences as patients and consumers of media, as well as the 1910 Flexner Report. In the first half of the lesson, participants will analyze their own experiences through two main activities. The first of which is a simple drawing exercise where participants are asked to draw their own doctor, while the second is a gallery walk of images of television’s most famous doctors. In the second half of the lesson, participants will: 1) learn a brief history of Progressive Era, 2) learn a brief history of the evolution of medicine during the Progressive Era, 3) learn about Abraham Flexner, 4) closely analyze 1910 Flexner Report, and finally, 5) consider both the immediate and long-term consequences of the 1910 Flexner Report. Participants will learn this information in a myriad of ways including through lecture, close readings, video.

This course will allow students to: -learn a brief overview of the history of eugenics. -identify lingering aspects of eugenical ideals and recognize how they specifically impact the Intersex Community. -explore and reflect upon their own biases towards groups of people of by exploring their universe of obligation. -explore themes of social justice, activism, and upstanders.