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Hook: Many people view conspiracy theorist as the 'crazies' or 'delusional' bunch of society. My group decided to tackle this ideology with empathy in our minds to try to under stand where these ideas are coming from. While my group decided to tackle individual conspiracies I decided to look at conspiracy theories as a whole. In doing this I will be covering the start of the Illuminati and how people have always been creating conspiracy theories. While I dive into why some of these theories start I will be taking a closer look into the stigmas attached to them. As well as learning about the stigmas I will also be covering how some of these theories start and how it might not be a negative action for people learn about these, and possibly even use conspiracy theories as a base for expanding one's individual opinion.

Works Cited:

• Taylor, Michael. “British Conservatism, the Illuminati, and the Conspiracy Theory of the French Revolution, 1797–1802.” Eighteenth-Century Studies, vol. 47, no. 3, 2014, pp. 293–312., doi:10.1353/ecs.2014.0018.
• Wood, Michael J. “Some Dare Call It Conspiracy: Labeling Something a Conspiracy Theory Does Not Reduce Belief in It.” Political Psychology, vol. 37, no. 5, Oct. 2016, pp. 695–705. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1111/pops.12285.
• Imhoff, Roland, and Pia Karoline Lamberty. “Too Special to Be Duped: Need for Uniqueness Motivates Conspiracy Beliefs.” European Journal of Social Psychology, vol. 47, no. 6, Oct. 2017, p. 724. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1002/ejsp.2265.
• Hobbs, Renee. “Teach the Conspiracies.” Knowledge Quest, vol. 46, no. 1, Sept. 2017, pp. 16–24. EBSCOhost, proxygsu-bru1.galileo.usg.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=124886366&site=eds-live&scope=site.