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Book Detail
When Plague Strikes: The Black Death, Smallpox, AIDS |
Publication Information
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Author: Giblin, James Cross |
Illustrator: Frampton, David |
Title: When Plague Strikes: The Black Death, Smallpox, AIDS |
Date: 1995 |
Publisher: HarperCollins |
City: New York, NY |
ISBN, paperback: 0-06-025854-3 |
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ABE/ABLE:
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Young Adult:
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
nonfiction
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HSE Descriptor(s):
science| social studies
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Summary: |
This carefully written book contains three parts: a prologue, a five-chapter account of the Black Plague, a five-chapter account of the causes and effects of smallpox, a seven-chapter account of AIDS, and a fascinating conclusion on the failures of antibiotics. The book includes several dramatic prints of woodcuts. |
Teaching Ideas: |
This fascinating account of three different diseases is an attempt to pull together three periods of history and to draw parallels. Teachers of this book have great essay material to work with. Students could write comparison and contrast, cause and effect, or analysis essays. The interdisciplinary content lends itself to a study of politics, health and medicine, geography, science, religion, history, and to work in critical thinking and problem solving strategies. |
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