Detailed Outline of Final Project

I. Letter to [the dearly missed] Henrietta Lacks

            A. Recognition

            B. Apology on behalf of others

            C. Review (“let her know”) of what has happened since her death

            D. Her contributions to science

            E. Effect of death on her family

            F. Efforts towards her acknowledgement today

II. Letter to Johns Hopkins Hospital

            A. Doctors who worked on Henrietta Lacks

            B. Real Person, no voice           

            C. What was the real diagnosis?

            D. Other factors that lead to her death, scientifically and culturally

            E. Testing without consent

            F. Laws, ethics, and morals

III. Letter to the Lacks Family

            A. Acknowledgment and Recognition

            B. Apology on behalf of others

            C. Understanding of their experiences/hardships

            D. Congratulatory remarks on the book and on their willingness to expand             awareness

            E. Explain willingness to explore even further with their help

VI. Letter to Rebecca Skloot

            A. Acknowledgment and Recognition

            B. Interest taken in her work and novel

            C. Questions and debates raised (in class and in society)

            D. Explain our class project and how it will affect our community (through             school and through the internet)

V. Collage

            A. Important quotations from the novel

            B. Hand-drawn pictures to represent different stages of the novel                                      (documented             on the annotated bibliography)

            C. Displayed on June 1st at the presentation in Senior Circle