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Assignment: 100 point per submission (2 submissions maximum)
Instructions: Choose one of the options from the list below. You will be writing a 1-page response paper about what was conveyed, why it’s relevant, what was the main point, what were your thoughts, any critiques, etc... (Hint: choose an option that interests you or you care about).
Format: Include just your name and the title of your chosen option. No cover page, but you must include a reference page for outside sources and use in-text citations. 1-page minimum, double-spaced, submit as a PDF file.
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Chapter 1:
How do we determine the value of life? | Rebecca L. Walker
https://www.ted.com/talks/rebecca_l_walker_how_do_we_determine_the_value_of_a_life
Ugly History: The US syphilis experiment
https://www.ted.com/talks/susan_m_reverby_ugly_history_the_us_syphilis_experiment
Chapter 2:
“Making Sense of Self-Esteem” Mark R. Leary
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1467-8721.00008?casa_token=r1Pw_qzR42EAAAAA:g82CTkBbF-i3CgKoKMwvkwpyyNUj3dJl4PCtZo1F8L9-vhZUPnFJ-hlWiBOswkiErEVrM17RMCf4jA
Chapter 3:
“The Psychology of Fake News”
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364661321000516
Chapter 4:
Climate activist Elizabeth Wathuti's full speech at COP26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YPZgAbryr8
Chapter 5:
We Should All Be Feminists | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_we_should_all_be_feminists/transcript?language=en
The urgency of intersectionality | Kimberlé Crenshaw https://www.ted.com/talks/kimberle_crenshaw_the_urgency_of_intersectionality
Pain – the undiagnosed bias | Sheetal DeCaria
https://www.ted.com/talks/sheetal_decaria_the_bias_behind_your_undiagnosed_chronic_pain
The ethical dilemma of designer babies | Paul Knoepfler
https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_knoepfler_the_ethical_dilemma_of_designer_babies
Chapter 6:
Playing the Game of Social Pressure | Pierce Brooks
https://www.ted.com/talks/pierce_brooks_playing_the_game_of_social_pressure
Resisting Conformity: Juggling Social Expectations & Cultural Foundations | Maya Cheaib
https://www.ted.com/talks/maya_cheaib_resisting_conformity_juggling_social_expectations_cultural_foundations
Chapter 7:
Weekly Economics Podcast: Greenwashing
https://neweconomics.org/2021/07/weekly-economics-podcast-greenwashing
“Children, Adolescents, and Advertising” – American Academy of Pediatrics
https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/118/6/2563/69735/Children-Adolescents-and-Advertising?autologincheck=redirected
Chapter 8:
I grew up in the Westboro Baptist Church. Here's why I left | Megan Phelps-Roper
https://www.ted.com/talks/megan_phelps_roper_i_grew_up_in_the_westboro_baptist_church_here_s_why_i_left
