Understanding Pandemics and Their Impact

What is the lesson mostly about?

• Sports History

• Pandemics and their effects on society

• Art and music

• Ancient kings and queens

What is one of the old pandemic students learned about?

• Chicken Pox

• Ebola

• The Black Death

• Polio

How do past pandemics help us today?

• They help us understand health problems now

• They don’t help us

• They tell us what clothes people wore

• They show how people built houses

Which recent pandemic is talked about in the lesson?

• Flu of 2009

• COVID-19

• Smallpox

• Zika

What is one fun activity students will do?

• How to take a test

• How to cook

• Watch cartoons

• Try a virus simulation online

What kind of learning helps students build their own ideas?

• Constructivist learning
  

• Reading a book silently

• Memorizing facts only

• Watching TV

Why is studying the history of pandemics important?

• To learn how to become a doctor

• To understand how past events affect public health today

• To memorize historical dates

• To write long reports

What does the lesson say pandemics can affect besides health?

• The weather

• Animal behavior

• Technology companies

• The economy and daily life

What is one reason governments create health policies during pandemics?

• To make people stay home all the time

• To stop people from traveling forever

• To protect citizens and reduce the spread of disease

• To increase food production

What is the value of studying pandemics from different time periods?

• To write a history book

• To understand how responses have changed and improved

• To learn ancient languages

• To compare travel methods