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How Diseases Spread
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How Diseases Spread

Collector: Ann V.
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High schoolers arm themselves with information about infectious diseases and how they spread to boost disease prevention. Scholars research the causes, prevention techniques and identify high-risk groups especially vulnerable to infection. The second lesson in the module examines the 1918 Influenza Pandemic. Pupils research factors that influenced the spread of the disease such as the impact of World War I, the way influenza viruses can mutate, social and political factors, and the role of the media and public health publications.

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Concepts

bacteria, communicable disease, critical thinking, diseases, fungi, malaria, mutation, pandemics, parasites, pathogens, the immune system, viruses, world war i, antigens, genomes, infections, polio, post world war i, rabies, the sedition act, the flu

Resource Details

Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Common Core

CCRA.R.1 CCRA.SL.4 W.9-10.3.a W.9-10.3.b W.9-10.3.c W.9-10.3.d W.9-10.3.e SL.9-10.1.a SL.9-10.1.b SL.9-10.1.c SL.9-10.1.d W.11-12.3.a W.11-12.3.b W.11-12.3.c W.11-12.3.d W.11-12.3.e SL.11-12.1.a SL.11-12.1.b SL.11-12.1.c SL.11-12.1.d RST.9-10.1 RST.9-10.5 RST.9-10.9 RST.11-12.1 RST.11-12.5 RST.11-12.9 WHST.9-10.2.b WHST.9-10.7 WHST.11-12.2.b WHST.11-12.7

Collection Items

    Understanding How Diseases Spread

    Understanding How Diseases Spread

    Lesson Plan
    Understanding How Diseases Spread (.html)

    Understanding How Diseases Spread (.html)

    Teacher Reference
    Lesson Glossary (.pdf)

    Lesson Glossary (.pdf)

    Vocabulary
    Activity 1: How Diseases Spread (.pdf)

    Activity 1: How Diseases Spread (.pdf)

    Activity
    Student Worksheet (.pdf)

    Student Worksheet (.pdf)

    Worksheet
    Case Study: The 1918 Influenza Pandemic – Factors Beyond the Biological that Influence the Spread of Disease

    Case Study: The 1918 Influenza Pandemic – Factors Beyond the Biological that Influence the Spread of Disease

    Lesson Plan
    Case Study: The 1918 Influenza Pandemic – Factors Beyond the Biological that Influence the Spread of Disease (.html)

    Case Study: The 1918 Influenza Pandemic – Factors Beyond the Biological that Influence the Spread of Disease (.html)

    Teacher Reference
    Lesson Glossary (.pdf)

    Lesson Glossary (.pdf)

    Vocabulary
    Student Worksheet (.pdf)

    Student Worksheet (.pdf)

    Worksheet
    Antigenic Drift: How the Influenza Virus Adapts (Animation)

    Antigenic Drift: How the Influenza Virus Adapts (Animation)

    Video
    A Disease Like No Other (.pdf)

    A Disease Like No Other (.pdf)

    Reading Passage
    Trivia Set: Antigenic Drift: How the Influenza Virus Adapts

    Trivia Set: Antigenic Drift: How the Influenza Virus Adapts

    Game
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