The American Eugenics Movement and Its Afterlives: A Workshop for Middle and High School Teachers

When we think of eugenics, our minds usually turn to Nazi Germany and the horrors of the T4 program and the Holocaust. We tend to overlook the profound impact of eugenic ideologies and practices on our own history and the lives of minority and poor populations in the United States. From anti-miscegenation laws to forced sterilization, eugenic practices were widely adopted across the United States, often serving as exemplars for National Socialist ideologues. Moreover, these and other practices, as well as the ideologies that stood behind them, continued to find acceptance in the United States long after they were supposed to have been discredited by World War II and the Holocaust.

Please join CHGS staff, Dr. Daniel HoSang (Yale University) and Marco Cenabre and A’lexus Williams, New Haven Connecticut teachers and members of the Anti-Eugenics Collective at Yale (AECY), for a workshop on the history of the American eugenics movement and explore strategies and resources that can be used to teach this topic effectively. 

School districts wishing to send teams of teachers, as well as individual teachers wishing to learn more about the workshop, associated fees, and to reserve a spot, should contact us at chgs@salemstate.edu.