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Curated OER

The Black Plague: Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate causes of the Black Plague. They identify symptoms, treatments, and determine how many people died. They participate in a plague simulation game.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ebola-The Plague Fighters

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students view a video clip about Ebola. They track the live of a virus and how it spreads. They participate in an activity in which they track the movement of germs on an envelope.
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Activity
Ziptales

The Pied Piper of Hamelin: The Mystery of the Children of Hamelin

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Which is more likely: 130 children followed a magical piper out of Hamelin and disappeared forever, or that they died of the plague? Or could they have escaped from Hamelin via a secret tunnel to Transylvania? Learners investigate...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Epidemic, Plague, and Infection

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Young scholars investigate the illness borne in concentration camps. In this Holocaust lesson, students participate in a simulation that requires them to consider how ailments became epidemics in concentration camps.
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Lesson Plan
Hyperion

Crispin: The Cross of Lead

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Avi's Crispin: The Cross of Lead is the focus of a teacher's guide that provides background information on 14th Century England, a plot summary, discussion questions, activities, and resource links. A must-have for those who use this...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Black Death

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine the diseases of Europeans in Medieval times. In this plagues lesson students examine plagues of the past and some new modern ones.
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PPT
Curated OER

The Fall of Rome and the Beginning of the Middle Ages

For Teachers 7th - 10th
A major turning point in world history is the focus of this presentation. Rome has fallen, and with its descent comes the Dark Ages. With pictures, maps, and important information about the Middle Ages, this slideshow would be a great...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Plague Doctor Crossword

For Students 7th - 12th
In this Great Plague crossword puzzle learning exercise, students use the 12 clues to identify the correct words and names that will solve the crossword puzzle.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Great Plague 1665 Word Search

For Students 6th - 7th
In this word search activity, students review the words related to the Great Plague of 1665 and then locate the 15 words within the word search puzzle.
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Interactive
Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning

MedMyst Mission 1: Orientation at O.R.B.

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
A dozen years after a great plague wipes out the majority of Earth's civilization, a group of scientists joins together to fight infectious diseases. Scholars join the training mission and learn about viruses, bacteria, pathogens and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pestilence and Plague

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars investigate various disease epidemics that have devastated the world population at different points in history and examine the diseases' effects on the countries they impacted.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Path of the Black Death

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are able to show on a map how the Black Death moved through Europe. They summarize the direct effects of the Black Death in Europe. Students cite evidence from firsthand accounts in developing an argument that connections can,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Plagued by Warfare

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students define "biological weapon" and explore why these types of weapons are so dangerous. They also explore the covert shift of American grant research money to an organization that once directed the Soviet Union's germ warfare...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Forced to Flee: Famine and Plague

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine facts about the Irish Potato Famine and explore primary resources, such as newspaper articles, photographs, songs, and poems, related to the famine. Once research is complete, they create a small collage of their...
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Handout
Shakespeare Globe Trust

Fact Sheet: London

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Overcrowded streets, pickpockets, the Black Plague ... what's not to love about medieval London? With the informative handout, scholars explore some of the city's famous landmarks, such as St. Paul's Cathedral. They also discover where...
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Curated OER

A Plague on Both Your Houses: a Romantic Guide To Transgression

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What are the roles within your family, culture and society as well as the personal and societal consequences of transgressing them? To explore this question, class members look at long-held traditions, examples in literature (Romeo and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Epidemic, Plague, and Infection

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Students recognize disease vectors (pathways) and risk factors for infectious diseases.
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Study Guide
Cave Creek Unified School District

Crusades and Culture in the Middle Ages

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The Crusades sounds like a glamorous time period in the Middle Ages full of glory—but was it? Scholars find and review the truth of the Crusades' influence on the world through the resource. The study guides, separated individually by...
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Lesson Plan
Center for History Education

Transforming the West: Did the Reality Match the Expectations for Kansas Homesteaders?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
They expected good soil and hearty crops ... but they found buffalo chips and grasshopper plagues. Using an advertisement encouraging famers to go west, budding historians examine primary sources including letters, photographs, and...
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PPT
Curated OER

Present Passive

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Are you plagued by the present simple passive? The color-coded graphics in this clever presentation make it clear when using the passive is appropriate. 
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PPT
Curated OER

Scams and Schemes

For Teachers 7th - 12th
It's easy to spot a scheming character out on the street, but spotting scams in the financial world takes some know how. Youngsters learn about common scams and schemes that plague the financial world. After scams, schemes, and fraud are...
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Lesson Plan
Nuffield Foundation

Dissection of the Ventilation System of a Locust

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Jiminy cricket! If you find yourself plagued by fear of dissection, these locust respiratory system dissection directions will walk you through everything you need to know. Teens inspect a living locust to begin with, then jump over to...
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Baylor College

Microbes and Disease

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Discuss how diseases have impacted human history. Divide your class into groups and assign each group one of the following: tuberculosis, malaria, plague, cholera, smallpox, and AIDS. They read up on, complete a concept map, and present...
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British Council

Unit 8: Proofreading

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Plagued by punctuation or stymied by spelling? Lesson eight in a nine-part series of career education and skills activities introduces the importance of proofreading. Learners categorize common writing errors and construct error-free...

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