Students learn the different ways that influenza virus can mutate and what impact that has on how rapidly and widely the virus spreads.
The class develops a hypothesis regarding the impact of World War I on the spread of influenza. Student groups research topics related to the 1918 influenza pandemic and assess whether the findings support or reject the class hypothesis.
Lesson Questions
• How does influenza virus change to cause a pandemic?
• How do social and political factors affect the spread of disease?
Lesson Files
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Teacher fileUpdated: 4/3/2019
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Student fileUpdated: 1/15/2019
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Student fileUpdated: 1/15/2019
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Student fileUpdated: 1/15/2019
