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Dr. Kevorkian
June 1, 2007




The Washington Post is running an article entitled, "Kevorkian Out of
Prison After 8 Years."

The article explains, "Throughout the 1990s, Kevorkian challenged
authorities to make his actions legal _ or try to stop him. He burned
state orders against him and showed up at court in costume."

Kevorkian became known as Dr. Death as a result of his participation
in 130 assisted suicides.

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Discussion-Starters for Younger Children

  • Do your students think that it's OK to throw out toys when
    they don't want them any more? Why/why not?
  • Consider having a toy drive with students and donating
    toys to a charitable organization.

  • When somebody is sick, what do your students think they
    should do to get better? Encourage them to explain why.
  • Consider having the class make a collaborative set of
    directions that a child who has a cold or the flu can
    follow to get better.

  • Do your students ever get really sad or frustrated? Why?
    When? What do your students think they can do when they get
    sad or frustrated to make themselves feel better?
  • Students could draw a picture of something that makes
    them feel good.

  • Ask your students what they think a doctor does. Would they
    like to be doctors when they grow up? Why/why not?
  • Students could make up skits pretending that they are
    doctors.


Discussion-Starters for Older Students

  • Vocabulary terms to discuss: Pathologist; "Fundamental Human
    Right"; Lethal; and, Manuscript.

  • Do your students think that people should be allowed to take
    their own lives if they are in the beginning, middle or end stages
    of a terminal disease? Why/why not?
  • These questions might prompt an interesting class
    discussion.

  • Do your students think that it is ever appropriate to break the
    laws of a nation and wrong to follow the laws? Explain!!
  • Consider asking students to write persuasive essays in
    response to these questions. They might include
    references to core democratic values in their essays.

  • At what moment in time do your students think that somebody
    dies. What has happened to their body immediately before they
    die? Why do your students think this way?
  • In a science class, consider asking students to discuss
    the relationship between science and belief.
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