Influenza Lesson Plans
Flus in the News
How Well Does the Media Report on Disease Outbreaks such as Flu Season? by John Myers
Plagues in History
How have Plagues Changed History and for Whom? by John Myers
The ABCs of Spanish Influenza
Creating a digital or print alphabet book or classroom display to recognize Canadian people, places, things, and events connected with the spread of the flu across the country between 1918-1920 by Kathryn Whitfield
Don’t Worry, Keep Your Feet Warm: The Spanish Flu in Ontario
Developed by the Archives of Ontario, with this plan students will study how information about the Spanish Flu Pandemic was created, shared, and understood by Ontarians from 1918-21, focusing on themes of communication, media literacy, and crisis narratives.
FluWatch
Interpreting Public Health Reports on Influenza by Amy Reinders
Public Health
The Creation and Role of Federal Public Health by Amy Reinders
Public Health Review
Review and Culminating Assignment by Amy Reinders
Studying the Pandemic
Links to the Ontario Science Curriculum by Amy Reinders
Don’t Worry, Keep Your Feet Warm: The Spanish Flu in Ontario
Developed by the Archives of Ontario, with this plan students will study how information about the Spanish Flu Pandemic was created, shared, and understood by Ontarians from 1918-21, focusing on themes of communication, media literacy, and crisis narratives.
Does Disease Discriminate
A Study of the Spanish Flu Stats from 1918-1919 by Erin Doupe
Spanish Flu Case Study
Healthcare in Canada as a Shared Government Responsibility by Erin Doupe
The Geography of the Spanish Flu
The Geography of the Spanish Flu: Past to Present: Demography by Nina Murray
The Global Demographic Footprint of the Spanish Flu
The Global Demographic Footprint of the Spanish Flu by Nina Murray
Inuit Communities in Labrador
Learning about and commemorating the impact of the Spanish Influenza on Inuit communities in Labrador, 1918-1920, using primary source photographs and oral histories; creating ‘living’ memorials and monuments using tableaux and other drama strategies by Kathryn Whitfield
First Nations, Métis and Inuit and the Spanish Flu
In this lesson students will create a Bio-poem for one of the First Nations, Métis or Inuit people they meet during this lesson.