A Worse Death War or Flu

Collection:: Alabama History Education Materials
Title:: A Worse Death War or Flu
Date of Original:: 1990/2022
Subject:: World War, 1914-1918
Location:: United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
Medium:: lesson plans
Type:: Text
Format:: application/pdf
Description:: This lesson integrates World War I history with mathematics. Students will be asked to read a primary source document that introduces them to Alabama’s influenza outbreak during the late stages of the war. After reading and discussing a letter from a volunteer nurse working in an influenza ward, students will be asked to create bar graphs that compare military death statistics and influenza death tolls across the world.
Metadata URL:: http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/lessons/id/109
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History
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