From 1929 to 1977, the State of North Carolina, as part of its state sponsored eugenics program, sterilized over 7,600 people. Advocates of the program believed it presented a way to cleanse society of the mentally handicapped and mentally ill, in that sterilization prevented those considered "unfit" from having children. In this lesson, students will learn about North Carolina’s little known eugenics program, as well as explore the constitutionality of state mandated sterilization by reviewing the NC Supreme Court case, In re Moore. Students will culminate this lesson by making recommendations on how the state should make amends for the eugenics program’s past controversial actions, as well as examine actual consolation recommendations recently made by North Carolina’s General Assembly.