Epidemics and Pandemics (eBook)

Judy Dodge Cummings (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
129 Seiten
Nomad Press (Verlag)
978-1-61930-624-0 (ISBN)

Infos

How are you feeling today? Epidemics and Pandemics: Real Tales of Deadly Diseases tells the tale of five of history’s most critical contagions and the havoc these diseases wreaked across the globe, including the bubonic plague, yellow fever, smallpox, Spanish influenza, and AIDS. This nonfiction book for early middle schoolers whets their appetites for history by combining real-life horror stories with primary sources and rich language.Feel a tickle in your throat? Do you still have that headache? Could you be falling victim to a deadly virus?From history's earliest days, bacteria and viruses have stalked humans. Stowing on wagons, ships, and airplanes, these diseases traversed the globe, infecting people in city streets and isolated hamlets. Epidemics and Pandemics: Real Tales of Deadly Diseases tells the tale of five of history's most critical contagions.In 1347, infected fleas hitched a ride from the steppes of Mongolia to the streets of Medieval Europe, bringing with them the Black Death. Five years later, one-third of Europe's population was dead. When Hernan Cortes arrived in Mexico in 1518, he carried a secret weapon-the smallpox virus helped Cortes defeat the mighty Aztec Empire and paved the way for European conquest of the New World as the disease destroyed the Native American population. A few years after the United States won independence from Great Britain, the capital city of Philadelphia faced an ordeal that threatened the nation's survival-an epidemic of Yellow Fever. After the First World War, the Spanish Flu of 1918 killed 50 million people around the world in just months. Later in that century, in the 1980s, a mysterious virus struck down gay men in the United States. AIDS quickly became a pandemic, infecting people from all walks of life.These five tales reveal the revolutionary power of disease to change history. In each story, readers learn about tragedy caused by ignorance and missed opportunity, but they will also discover heroic caregivers, civic leaders, and scientists determined to save their world. This is the eighth book in a series called Mystery & Mayhem, which features true tales that whet kids' appetites for history by engaging them in genres with proven track records-mystery and adventure. History is made of near misses, unexplained disappearances, unsolved mysteries, and bizarre events that are almost too weird to be true-almost! The Mystery and Mayhem series delves into these tidbits of history to provide kids with a jumping-off point into a lifelong habit of appreciating history.The five true tales told within Epidemics and Pandemics are paired with maps, photographs, and timelines that lend authenticity and narrative texture to the stories. A glossary and resources page provide the opportunity to practice using essential academic tools. These nonfiction narratives use clear, concise language with compelling plots that both avid and reluctant readers will be drawn to.Nomad Press books in the Mystery & Mayhem series introduce readers to historical concepts and events by engaging them in an extremely popular genre-real-life adventure and mystery. Readers ages 9 to 12 are fascinated with the strange-but-true tales that populate history, and books in this series offer compelling narrative nonfiction paired with concise language that appeals to both voracious and reluctant readers. Nomad's unique approach to the study of history uses tantalizing tales based in factual knowledge that encourage a lifelong curiosity in the historical events that shape our world.Titles in the series include: Pirates and Shipwrecks; Survival; Weird Disappearances; Daring Heists; Rebels & Revolutions; Great Escapes; Tomb Raiders; Eruptions and Explosions; Epidemics and Pandemics; and Earth, Wind, Fire, and Rain.

Autor

Judy Dodge Cummings is a writer and former history teacher from Reedsburg, Wisconsin. She has a MFA in Creative Writing for Children and Teens from Hamline University and is the author of numerous nonfiction books on historical topics. Her other books in the Mayhem and Mystery series are Great Escapes: Real Tales of Harrowing Getaways and Rebels & Revolutions: Real Tales of Radical Change in America.

Inhalt

Table of Contents

Introduction: Bloodthirsty Bacteria and Venomous Viruses

Chapter 1: The Great Mortality: The Black Plague in the Fourteenth Century

Chapter 2: Secret Weapon: Smallpox in the New World

Chapter 3: Yellow Jack: Yellow Fever of 1793 Threatens Independence

Chapter 4: Deadly Traveler: The Spanish Flu of 1918

Chapter 5: Global Pandemic: AIDS in the 1980s

Glossary

Resources                   

    

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.2.2018
• Verlagsort: White River Junction
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Jugendbücher ab 12 Jahre
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Naturwissenschaft / Technik
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Tiere / Pflanzen / Natur
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
• Schlagworte: AIDS history for kids • archaeology for 10-13 year olds • archaeology for 9-12 year olds • archaeology grades 4-6 • archaeology grades 5-8 • Bloodthirsty Bacteria and Venomous Viruses • children's history books • civics for middle school • Deadly Traveler • epidemic history for 10-13 year olds disease history for 10-13 year olds Black Death • epidemic history for 9-12 year olds disease history for 9-12 year olds Black Death • Global Pandemic • Great Mortality • Hernan Cortez • History • history for children • history for kids • history for reluctant readers • history grades 4-6 • history grades 5-8 • history textbook ages 10-13 • history textbook ages 9-12 • history textbook middle school • home school history • influenza history for kids • low-interest readers • Mongolia • narrative nonfiction for kids • nonfiction books for reluctant readers • non-fiction for children ages 10-13 • nonfiction for children ages 10-13 • non-fiction for children ages 9-12 • nonfiction for children ages 9-12 • philadelphia history • real-life horror stories for elementary school • real-life horror stories for kids • real-life horror stories for middle school • real-life mystery • secret weapon • Social Studies • Spanish Flu of 1918 • supplemental history grades 4-6 • supplemental history grades 5-8 • teach kids about AIDS history • unexplained disappearances • unsolved mysteries • World War I epidemic • Yellow fever • Yellow Jack
• ISBN-10: 1-61930-624-7 / 1619306247
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61930-624-0 / 9781619306240