Assignment #1: Discussion:
Take a look at the controversial, scientific topics of our time. (See links below.) There are many pros and cons associated with each.

Select one topic that is of interest to you and post a brief explanation of the topic and why you support or reject it.
Respond to the people who respond to you.
Respond to at least two others with different topics.
(50 points possible this week)

Perhaps you think that knowing of your cultural heritage and sending off a blood sample to one of the many sites that search your genetic lineage through blood is a fine thing to know. (Ancestry.com and National Geographic are just two such places that offer the testing. A test like this is used on the television show "Who Do You Think You Are.")

Or, perhaps you feel that medical genetic testing can only lead to too much information and might be used against you by health insurance companies if it is discovered that you carry a gene for cancer or other terminal and expensive illness. (Angela Jolie had this type of testing to determine that she carried the gene for breast cancer.)

Many worry that genetic modification is altering our food sources in unhealthy ways. Others hail the modification as a wonderful way to help to feel the world.

These are just a few of the many topics in our current world of science.

Possible sites - there are others. I offer these as a place to start.

Assignment #2: Who was Robert Louis Stevenson?

Task: List the top 10 facts in Stevenson's life that possibly influenced the Gothic nature of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Explain each choice.

List your sources as well. ( 20 points)

These are good places to start. As always, try to venture out a bit further. Be sure to credit your sources.

http://robert-louis-stevenson.org/
http://people.brandeis.edu/~teuber/stevensonbio.html#MainEssaySection
http://people.brandeis.edu/~teuber/stevensonbio.html (This site provides links to additional essays about the author.)

Video documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h2lhMEnx9s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWJs_cheq-A

Assignment #3 - Video and Audio Versions (Comparison/Contrast Review)

This week will involve listing and viewing.

View and read the 1920s silent movie version staring John Barrymore.
Choose from the cartoon or the 2003 version (See links below)
Finally, watch the Broadway Musical adaptation of the book. (I was fortunate to see an off Broadway version of this, not starring anybody in particular, before it hit the big time on Broadway. I found it captivating even then.) This link provides the printed lyrics if you wish to print it, follow along and make notes. http://www.thebroadwaymusicals.com/j/jekyllhyde.htm

Task: Write a review for each version. Pretend you are the entertainment critic for the EMCC Gazette - should such a publication exist. (3 reviews total = 30 points each = total: 90)

Here are some tips for writing a review: http://www.dailywritingtips.com/7-tips-for-writing-a-film-review/
Here is a sample movie review of The Dark Knight. It will give you an idea about length, content, and style. http://www.wikihow.com/Sample/Movie-Review
In your review, be sure to note how the adaptation relates to the original book. Did it do justice to the book? Did it take too many liberties? Was it Gothic enough or "over the edge?"

What is evil? What is good?
How would you define evil?
What causes evil?
What are some examples of evil? What are some examples of good?
Are all people capable of evil?
If there were no evil, would good exist?
Are people born evil, or do humans learn evil?
If evil could be eliminated from the earth, should it be? Explain.
Reference transformation scenes that support your point of view.

These are questions as old as mankind. Stevenson and other authors have explored the concept.
View the transformation scenes listed below then write a one - two page paper that answers the questions above.

Also, rate the video transformation that is most faithful to the description in the novel.

Essay: 50 points
Rating: 10 points
Read the transformation scene in the book. Then rate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN4Di8DEPf8 (1932 Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqqZ0yFqY04 (old version Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oTI5OfHFb8 (Jekyll & Hyde musical version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7N7OT95XPA 1955 version Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Other famous transformations:
10 Literary Transformations: http://listverse.com/2011/10/09/top-10-metamorphoses-in-literature/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM3j3S465oo Beauty and the Beast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUKrixitvB4 Top 10 Disney Transformations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPW7uzGbFZ4 (3 Hulk Transformations)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ebptPpLk78 (Twilight Werewolf Transformation)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMAA3wr9fa0 (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFuV_8LoHD4 (Transformers Transformations)

Week #5 - Assignment #5 Mad Science Lab

Literature abounds with mad scientists and their labs. Here is someone's top 10. Your favorite may be elsewhere!
https://litreactor.com/columns/lurid-mad-scientist-top-ten

Gothic Steampunk Halloween Images: https://www.pinterest.com/suttonlee/gothic-steampunk-mad-science-halloween/https://www.pinterest.com/suttonlee/gothic-steampunk-mad-science-halloween/
Gothic Science Lab Images: https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=AwrTcdrMIhVXbsMA4usnnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTByNWU4cGh1BGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--?p=Gothic+Science+Labs&fr=ytff1-tyc&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-006

Gothic Science Labs - gateway to Science Fiction? http://www.gothic.stir.ac.uk/guestblog/gothic-science-fiction-%E2%80%93-a-beginning/ (essay - please read)

Task: Gothic settings are important to the story. If you were to create a frightening science lab, what would you include? Would it be covered in cobwebs and adorned with skulls. Perhaps you would take a different path and have a somewhat empty room adorned with lights, metal, and buttons. Medical machines and mysterious potions might be your style. Which is more frightening?

Answer that question by creating a collage or other visual of your Gothic mad science lab. This will work in WORD or PowerPoint. Of course, photos of your own may be uploaded as well. Either way, explain your setting in paragraph form. Let the viewer know why the items you selected for the lab would be the most frightening.
(50 points)

Eatongothic235

Monday, April 18, 2016

Week #5 - Mad Scientists!

The Xenotransplantation Debate

10 Examples of Agricultural Biotechnology

Genetic Engineering: http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/DevelopmentApprovalProcess/GeneticEngineering/default.htm

http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/our-failing-food-system/genetic-engineering/what-is-genetic-engineering.html#.VxTvgHo8L0I

Human Genome Project: https://www.genome.gov/10001772/

Assignment #2: Who was Robert Louis Stevenson?

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