M4 L2

M4 L2

Fever Chapter 3-4

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Lesson Questions

• Essential Question How can times of crisis affect citizens and society? 

• Focusing Question In what context did the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 emerge? 

• Content Framing Question Organize: What is happening in Fever 1793? 

Learning Goals

Describe the protagonist of Fever 1793, explaining how the setting and other characters shape her identity. (RL.7.3)

✓ Respond to the Land prompt. 

Open Ended

What has happened in chapters 1-2?

In this lesson students will begin to deepen their understanding of the context for the epidemic–the time, place, and situation from which it arose.

Context

is the words that surround the word "read" that help the reader determine the tense of the word. (Context Clues)

From reading chapters 1 and 2, what do we know so far about the time of the story, or the events occurring at this time in history, the historical context?

The yellow fever crisis emerged in Philadelphia in 1793.

In chapter 3 we will learn more about Mattie and her mother.

Read chapter 3

Students annotate a notice and wonder, pay particularly close attention to details that develop the characters.

Open Ended

What did you Notice and Wonder about Mattie and her Mother?

Open Ended

What does chapter 3 reveal about the illness in Fever 1793?

Infected

what does this mean?

Today we know that many illnesses and diseases are caused by microscopic, or tiny, germs, but that in 1793 people did not know as much about how disease was spread. Think about the different ideas about the spread of disease as they read chapter 4.

Open Ended

“Suggested Causes for the Disease”

Open Ended

“How to Respond to the Disease.”

Research...

is a way of looking for new information, new understanding, and new facts.

Researchers do not always go through steps in order but may instead go back and forth as needed.

Although research is not always done in sequential steps, research typically begins with asking a question or questions about which the researcher is curious or interested.

In this lesson they will delve more deeply into what makes a strong research question.

A “research question” is a specific kind of question usually asked in an academic setting.

The difference between a research question and non-research question. 

• Some questions, such as whether there was slavery in early Philadelphia, have a simple answer that can be quickly found through a check at the library or an Internet search. 

• However, a question asking what life was like in Philadelphia in 1793 is a bigger or more complex question that would require more extensive research and analysis.

Which is a research question?

• Was Philadelphia the first city to ever face a fever outbreak like this?

• What makes fever outbreaks have different effects in different places?

• The first is not a research question because it is simple and closed; it only asks about one fact, and once that fact is discovered, there is nothing more to discover.

• The second one is a research question because it is more open-ended and complex, potentially leading to many interesting areas of information to discover.

Are these good research questions? Why or why not?

• The first one is not because it is just asking about one fact. Once you find out the number, you answered the question.

• The second one is not a good question for research because it is obvious. Everyone today should know bad coffee did not cause the fever! It also can just be answered with another fact about what actually does cause the disease.

• The third one is just a yes or no question. That would not be interesting for research.

• I don’t think we could answer the fourth question. Does anyone know that?

• The fifth question seems too big. There are probably so many times and places that have had other outbreaks of disease. That would probably take a book to write and you still might not describe them all.

Answer these before your exit ticket:

• What effect do Mattie’s relationships with her mother, grandfather, and Eliza seem to have on her identity?

• How do the time and place where she lives affect Mattie’s life?

Open Ended

Exit Ticket: choose three words to describe Mattie.

Homework

Read chapters 1-5 if you have not yet.