Human Experimentation

Which two statements are central ideas in the article?

• Many atrocities were committed by the Nazis during the Holocaust and WWII.

• Human experimentation is necessary for the advancement of medicine, but it has not always been practiced in a humane, ethical way.

• Edward Jenner used human experimentation to develop the world's first vaccine.

• IN 331 B.C., some people believed that operating on bodies after death angered the gods.

What is the central idea of the subsection "The Nuremberg Code"?

• The Nuremberg Code came out of some of the most horrifying cases of human experimentation.

• The first human experiments were autopsies performed on prisoners.

• Adolf Hitler is responsible for the worst human experiments in modern history.

• Today, experiments involving human subjects are highly regulated.

How is the central idea developed in the subsection "The Nuremberg Code"?

• The author gives examples of the torture committed by Nazi doctors and disguised as medical research.

• The author discusses in depth how the Nazi doctors justified their medical experiments.

• The author gives examples of many times throughout history that human experimentation was a part of war crimes.

• The author discusses the fate of the pharmaceutical industry today.

Which evidence below best supports the idea that US drug companies do not always follow US regulations in regards to pharmaceutical testing?

• The Nuremberg Code is considered to be crucially important to the field of clinical research ethics and human rights in general.

• Today, experimentation and research in the US involving human subjects are regulated by 17 federal agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services and the FDA.

• Due to these regulations, most pharmaceutical trials by US drug companies are conducted in foreign countries.

• Despite its disturbing history, human experimentation is necessary in developing treatments and medicines.

Match the following sections to how they develop their central ideas.

• shows how a standard was set

• The Nuremberg Code

• explains the origins of human experiment

• A Revolutionary Idea

• Relay the story about the first vaccine

• The First Human Experiments

Not all the sections of a piece of writing are necessary to fully understand it.

• True

• False

List three of the five main text structures.

List 5 verbs we have discussed this week when it comes to introducing and developing ideas in a text.

The structure of a piece of writing doesn't affect its meaning much.

• True

• False

What structure does the following passage use?

Town officials have struggled for the past several years over the problem of what to do with the wildfall of leaves adn branches that litter city streets after big storms. But I propose a new solution: Rather than deal with the organic matter as waste, collect and chip it, and sell it to city residents to fund the installation of beautiful new lighting on our city streets.

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological

• Problem and Solution