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PCC Faculty Assignments

Biology

April Ann Fong

Assignment

Alexie McNerthney, BI 101

Discussion

Brett Loren Schaerer, BI 101

Extra Credit

Brett Loren Schaerer, BI 112

Homework

Linda Fergusson-Kolmes, BI 213

Book Report

Pat Zwartjes, BI 112

Assignment

Wendy Connelly, BI 102

Book Report

Writing

Jane Zunkel, WR 122

"The Way of All Flesh" (BBC documentary: captioned)

Outside Resources

Timelines

• Timeline image from Wired.com
• Timeline from Rebecca Skloot's website
• Ethics in Medicine: Dipity interactive timeline

Assignments & Materials

• Five Reasons Henrietta Lacks is the Most Important Woman in Medical History
• Curriculum Extensions (North Carolina State University)
• Assignment Ideas (Delaware County Community College)

Discussion Guides

• Rebecca Skloot's Discussion Guide
• Discussion Guides (University of Maryland)
• Northwest Association for Biomedical Research
• Random House Teacher's Guide

Videos & Interviews

• History of the HeLA Cell Line
• Interview with Rebecca Skloot at the Virginia Festival of the Book
• The Way of All Flesh - BBC documentary
• Deadly Monopolies: Medical Ethicist Harriet Washington on How Firms are Taking Over Life Itself (Democracy Now)
• CBS Sunday Morning (interviews with the author, members of the Lacks family, and a representative from Johns Hopkins)
• "Are We Alone?" radio segment focusing on the science of HeLa cells
• Author appearance on The Colbert Report

Websites

• Rebecca Skloot's Teaching Resources
• "The Cell": features secrets of the cell, visuals, a Q & A with Rebecca Skloot, and an article on HeLa cells.
• Lacks family website

PCC Reads

• About the Book
• Resources
• Events
• Instruction
• Share Your Thoughts

Why PCC Reads?

• Goals and Procedures
• Learning Outcomes
• Nominate a Book (2012-2013)