Plague+&+Smallpox+-+Science+Gr+7

=Resources for the Plague & Smallpox Project - Science - Grade 7 =

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Scientists debate whether remaining smallpox virus should be destroyed (2 May 2014, Fox News)
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 * Secrets of the Black Death - by NatureVideo Channel || Smallpox Mystery - National Geographic ||
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 * Face of a pharaoh - smallpox through time - 1050 BC-1980 - Timelines TV ||  ||
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[] = = =Books in the ISL Upper School Library =

Link to the list on the Library Catalogue =Reference in the Library Online = Ask your Librarian for the login details =Reference in the Library Printed =
 * 614.4 ALL || Allen, Arthur, 1959-. __Vaccine : the controversial story of medicine's greatest lifesaver.__ 1st ed. New York : W.W. Norton, c2007. ||
 * 614.4 ALT || Altman, Linda Jacobs, 1943-. __Plague and pestilence : a history of infectious disease.__ Springfield, NJ : Enslow, c1998. ||
 * 614.4 CAR || Cartwright, Frederick Fox. __Disease & history.__ 2nd ed. Stroud (Gloucestershire) : Sutton Publishing, 2000. ||
 * 614.4 HAY || Hays, J. N., 1938-. __Epidemics and pandemics : their impacts on human history.__ Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2005. ||
 * 614.4 KOC || Koch, Tom, 1949-. __Disease maps : epidemics on the ground.__ Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011. ||
 * 614.4 LAM || Lamond, Margrete. __Plague and pestilence.__ Chicago : Allen & Unwin, 1997,. ||
 * 614.4 OLE || Oleksy, Walter G., 1930-. __The black plague.__ New York : F. Watts, 1982. ||
 * 614.4 PER || Person, Stephen. __Bubonic plague : the black death!__ New York : Bearport Pub., c2011. ||
 * 614.4 SLA || Slack, Paul. __Plague : a very short introduction.__ Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. ||
 * 614.4 WAL || Walker, Richard, 1951-. __Epidemics & plagues.__ Boston : Kingfisher, 2006. ||
 * 614.4 WAR || Ward, Brian. __Epidemic.__ London : Dorling Kindersley, 2000. ||
 * 614.5 REI || Reingold, Adam. __Smallpox : is it over?__ New York : Bearport Pub., c2011. ||
 * 616.9 FAR || Farrell, Jeanette. __Invisible enemies : stories of infectious disease.__ 1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c1998. ||
 * 940.1 BYR || Byrne, Joseph Patrick. __Daily life during the Black Death.__ Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2006. ||
 * 940.1 CAN || Cantor, Norman F. __In the wake of the plague : the Black Death and the world it made.__ New York : Free Press, c2001. ||
 * 940.1 DUN || Dunn, John M., 1949-. __Life during the black death.__ San Diego : Lucent Books, c2000. ||
 * 940.1 MAC || Macdonald, Fiona. __The plague and medicine in the Middle Ages.__ Milwaukee, WI : World Almanac Library, 2006. ||
 * 942.1066 TAM || Tames, Richard. __Great Plague and Fire : London in Crisis.__ Oxford : Heinemann Library, 1999. ||
 * FIC OLD || Oldfienld, Pamela. __The great plague : the diary of Alice Paynton, London 1665-1666.__ London : Scholastic, 2001. ||
 * REF 030 Encyclopedia Britannica
 * REF 030 Worldbook
 * REF 940.1 COS - Handbook to life in the Medieval World
 * REF 616 BMA - Illustrated Medical Dictionary

=Websites =

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Smallpox USA Government information on the virus, with basic information, and info on vaccines.

Awesome Stories - Black Death 13 chapters to click on, introducing the plague, its origins, its effects on people, and what to do about it.

The Middle Ages for Kids - Black Death (see also links at bottom of page) Lots of great links, including a map of the spread of the disease, history and origins, connected reading and games

Kids Health - Smallpox Article on the type of disease that smallpox is and the current situation in the world.

North Carolina Digital History - Smallpox Explains what smallpox is, its transmission and the development of the vaccine.

History Today - The great smallpox epidemic Describes the history of how smallpox affected huge numbers of people in the United States. = = History Today - The end of smallpox Focuses on the development of the vaccine and how smallpox was eradicated.

Human touch of Chemistry - Edward Jenner, person behind smallpox vaccine A short biography of Edward Jenner, who invented the smallpox vaccine. = = =The Assignment (download it ) =