Introduction
You are a doctor during the Civil War and you see many deaths and people with a variety of diseases.
Task
To show what you have learned researching, you will need to create and complete the front of a newspaper.
Process
Pick one major disease that had an outbreak during the Civil War and create the front page of a newspaper about the disease, add two or more pictures to make it interesting.
After going through these websites, answer the following questions and put the answers on your newspaper -
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How many people died from the disease you picked?
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Were there any famous people that died from your disease?
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Was there a cure or medicine to help the people with this disease?
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What were the symptoms of your disease?
http://www.civilwaracademy.com/civil-war-diseases.html
http://www.civilwar.org/education/pdfs/civil-was-curriculum-medicine.pdf
Evaluation
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Creativity |
Not colorful, no pictures, and not unique. |
Very little color, few pictures, and a little unique. |
Very colorful, many pictures, and very unique. |
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Accurate Information |
No information is correct. |
Few errors. |
All information is correct and accurate. |
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Neatness |
Very sloppy and does not make sense. |
Kind of sloppy and little information makes sense. |
Very neat and organized. |
Conclusion
The Civil War had many diseases, half of the people died from the diseases alone.
