Curated OER
Cartoons for the Classroom: Oh, What's the Next Crisis?
As scholars examine a simple political cartoon, they consider some of the crises of 2009: oil, foreign wars, energy, global warming, Swine Flu, etc. A list is provided for background information, and 3 talking points (or writing points)...
Curated OER
Health and H1N1 Flu Lesson Plans
Health and H1N1 flu lesson plans may be able to help keep students in school and learning.
Curated OER
Pandemic Panic
Learners gather information about the H1N1 virus, and share this information. In this pandemic instructional activity students read about Influenza A, or Swine Flu, compile information on the disease, and then present their findings to...
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For the Birds
Students examine the different types of pandemic flu viruses and virus "scares" that have occurred over the past hundred years by creating a master chart that displays the origins, transmission, symptoms, and socio-historical impact of...
Curated OER
Health Services in the Community
The learners will learn about and do research on health care workers. In this instructional activity students learn about community health care workers through doing research. Their final work is then collated to make a class book.
National First Ladies' Library
Pandemics: The Swine Flu of 1918
Pupils study pandemics through the investigational research of the 1918 swine flu. They apply the information by choosing a current virus and role-playing a member of the Centers of Disease Control (CDC).
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: H1 N1 Flu (Swine Flu)
The official website about Swine Flu from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Find out general information, an update on the current situation as of the day you are looking at the site, recommendations for vaccine, and what...
PBS
Pbs Online News Hour: Extra: 2009 H1 N1 Flu: The Next Pandemic? (Lesson Plan)
This lesson plan focuses on viruses, particularly the Swine Flu, and allows students opportunities to simulate how viruses spread and the results.
National Institutes of Health
National Library of Medicine: 2009 H1 N1 Flu (Swine Flu)
Everything you ever wanted to know about H1N1 flu which is commonly called Swine Flu. Includes federal responses, state responses, international resources, guidance for professionals, maps, news, twitters, webcasts, veterinary resources,...
World Health Organization
World Health Organization: Disease Outbreak News (Do Ns)
This resource provides up-to-date news on the most recent outbreaks of diseases around the globe. Provides links to other sites on epidemics and disease.
US National Library of Medicine
Medline Plus: H1 N1 Flu (Swine Flu)
Brings together information from the National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other government agencies and health related organizations on H1N1 flu. Has videos...
Healthline Media
Medical News Today: What Is Swine Flu?
Answers questions about swine flu: what it is, who gets it, what the risks are, what are the signs and symptoms, what medications are there to fight it, and how can one protect himself from getting swine flu?
HyperHistory Online
Hyper History: Pandemics
Brief overview and timeline of pandemics that occurred in the 20th century from 1918 through 1977.