EPQ Diary in book

I found it a lot easier to keep my project up to date in a diary as it did not require access to internet etc, so therefore I will just upload images of the pages i wrote on this blog.

I need to remind myself to check the structure of my work with my supervisor....should I split my essay into subsections or should i leave it in the format that it is in now?
Also, ask if i can use the survey that is already online.
Ask for mrs paling's opinion on the subject.

remember to ask Mrs paling if I should explain my footnotes eg. If my sources are reliable and if they were useful.
Also, Ask Mrs paling about the Nazi experiments and ask for her opinion.

more books to read

After a long search in the library, I found two other books which I can find useful information from hopefully!

Poll

So the idea of creating a poll on the internet to see what people's opinions on using the data is just struck me.
I wasn't sure of what website to do it on, therefore I just made one on TSR as I thought people would know some things about the experiments carried out and Nazi Germany in general, therefore they could voice their opinions.
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2569600

first 1000 words?

Ok, so I know I was supposed to write the first thousand words of my essay,but when I was trying to come up with ideas of starting my essay, my mind just went blank and I could only come up with 200 or so words.
In order to overcome this writing block, I think I should write the parts of the essay which I have lots of ideas about and are not as hard to write. Maybe I will start with the arguments AGAINST using the data,.
I reserved a book at a local library which just arrived now, so I might put off writing anything for a few days until I finish the book. this book is about one the most famous Nazi doctors, who killed thousands of people due to his grotesque medical techniques.

writing my first 1000 words

points to include:

-date of the events (mainly early 1940s, during WW2)

-directed by whom? Nazi

-Experiments were mainly on Jew, and some POW and Romani

-where? concentration camps around Germany

-experiments were conducted to help war effort to increase survival

A short documentary I came across a few weeks back which relates directly to my project. It is quite interesting yet heart-rending to see what a victim encountered.

I produced this list of things I should do in order to meet the assessment objectives of my EPQ.
I will print this and update it in order to keep my project up to date and organized.

AO1- Manage the project.

-The aim of my project is to gain a deep understanding of the medical experiments the Nazis carried out on Jews in concentration camps and if the data obtained from the experiments would be ethical to use by doctors now.

-update gantt chart throughout the project 

-updating a project progression blog on a weekly basis

A02- use resources.

I have carried out research using the following resources:

-Books from the library (secondary research)

-Internet (secondary research)

-Articles in magazines (secondary research)

-History teachers

-watch documentaries about the Nazi human experiments as it will give me a vidual understanding of the experiments

-Discuss the ethical issues attached to this topic with people to get different views on it.

AO3- Develop and realise.

-Changing the title

-not finding books in the local library and reserving one from another library

-write a few re-drafts of my essay and improve them

AO4-Review the project:

-gather all feedback from tutors and peers

-write out my own self-reflection on the project

-write my evaluation for my whole project

-upload all my feedback to my blog

Further reading

These are some of the books I had noted down to read:

Doctors from Hell: The Horrific Account of Nazi Experiments on Humans by Vivien SpitzVictims and Survivors of Nazi Human Experiments: Science and Suffering in the Holocaust by Paul Weindling Murderous Medicine: Nazi Doctors, Human Experimentation, and Typhus by Naomi Baumslag 

Essay plan

Started outlining the main points which I want to include in my accompanying essay. I started with identifying questions which I want to address in my essay and I think that this will give structure and focus to my essay:

1. what were the nazi human experiments?
-their purpose
-who they were carried out by
-the Nuremberg code
-when

2. examples of nazi human experiments explained
-freezing experiments('useful' experiment from which doctors still use the evidence)
-sterilization
-gas experiments
-sea-water experiments
-bone, muscle and nerve transplantation
-altitude experiments

edited second paragraph:
I no longer want to write about so many different experiments that have been carried out. Not only it will be redundant as my essay is focusing on the ethical issues to do with the data collected, but it might also make my essay too long. I am now going to only write about one successful experiment from which the data could be useful, and another experiment which we don't don't need the data from. This will demonstrate if the experiments were futile or not.

3.arguments for using the data
-for the benefit of future generations

4. arguments against using the data
-cruel experiments
-the data from most of the experiments were not even used

5. The exceptions and final remarks
-buried beneath the Nazi human experiment data, there might be the sure to cancer, and the victims might decide to give consent for the data to be used for the greater good of the human population.

6. Conclusion
-sum up what I have previously said
-mu own opinion and back up with evidence


Things to ask my supervisor:
Should I write anything about Mengele; a famous Nazi doctor who dealt with victims in Auschwitz.