Subject: Eugenics

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Online Exhibits

Exploring Heredity: Race, Eugenics, and the History of Intelligence Testing

Examine the history of intelligence testing in psychology, including its connections to World War I, United States immigration policy, and the eugenics movement. Learn more about this history through original documents, films, and photographs.

Open Exhibit | Access on Smithsonian Learning Lab


Cummings Center Blog

Eugenics and the Census

The United States conducts a census every ten years with the goal of counting every single resident of the country. This blog uses the Journal of Heredity to suggest student projects relating to the U.S. census, the eugenics movement, and immigration policy.

Contributed by: Lizette Royer Barton