When Plague Strikes: The Black Death, Smallpox, AIDS
Publication Information
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	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:	Young Adult:   Yes
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General Information:
Book Type(s):    nonfiction
HSE Descriptor(s):    science| social studies
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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Social Studies > anthropology > folklore > superstitions Hardships > disasters History > region > world history Science > medicine > diseases > AIDS Science > medicine > diseases > Black Death Science > medicine > diseases > smallpox Social Studies > sociology > social issues > epidemics

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