Students will learn about the life of David Vetter and examine his impact on medical advancements and medical understanding of rare diseases.
Andrew McGill
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Lesson Plan: Lessons From the Challenger Tragedy
Students will examine the causes of the Challenger and Columbia accidents and the responses to the disasters by NASA.
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Lesson Plan: AIDS: From Ryan White to Today’s Silent Epidemic
Students will learn the historical context of the AIDS crisis in the United States in the 1980s, and where it stands today.
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Lesson Plan: The Rise of Political Memes
Students will learn about political cartoons and how today’s version — memes — are being used across social media.
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Lesson Plan: Can Plant-Based Meat Mitigate Climate Change?
Students will assess the nutritional value, economic success and environmental impact of plant-based meats – a current trend with roots in a movement that took off in the 1970s with the bestselling book “Diet for a Small Planet.
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Lesson Plan: Coronavirus: Lessons From Past Epidemics
Smallpox remains the only infectious disease to have been globally extinguished. Dr. Larry Brilliant, who was part of the World Health Organization’s smallpox eradication campaign in the 1970s, urges public health experts to think outside the box as they work to curtail today’s infectious diseases.
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Lesson Plan: From Women’s Suffrage to the ERA
Students will examine the history of the Equal Rights Amendment, develop a claim, and use evidence gathered from a variety of sources to support their answer.
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Lesson Plan: Protests for Racial Justice – A Long History
Students will learn how current protests against police violence and racial inequality are connected to the past, and about the White House commission that released a report in the aftermath of the major urban disorders of 1967.
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Lesson Plan: The Response to H.I.V./AIDS
Students will learn about the AIDS pandemic and gain a broad understanding of the history of government response to public health emergencies.
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Lesson Plan: How Black Women Fought Racism and Sexism for the Right to Vote
Students will learn how Black women have often been at the forefront of activism and advocacy relating to ballot access, voter suppression, and the right to vote.
