Read the Fine Print
Students will hear about the economic, political, and social impacts of disease. Students hear about the shifting role of the state when it comes to coping with epidemics. They will listen to renowned U.S historians discuss how people understand the causes and experiences of disease in their own time. The historians delve into the impact of smallpox in New York at the turn of the 20th Century, and explore how diseases ravaged camps of slaves behind Union lines during and after the Civil War. Segments can be listened to seperately.
- Subject:
- Social Studies
- Material Type:
- Lesson
- Provider:
- BackStory Radio
- Author:
- Ed Ayers, Peter Onuf, and Brian Balogh
- Date Added:
- 02/26/2019