EPIDEMICS IN THE UNITED STATES by: Malari Lapp

Table of Content  What I Already Know What I Already Know  What do I want to Know What do I want to Know  The Story of my Search The Story of my Search  My Search Results My Search Results  My Growth as a Researcher My Growth as a Researcher  My Works Cited My Works Cited

What I Already Know  When there is an epidemic, researchers work to find the source of the disease before they work to find the cure  Vaccines require a large amount of research, money  Vaccines have been known to have late set side affects  A pandemic has to be an epidemic before it can develop into a pandemic

What I Already Know  An epidemic is a widespread disease that affects a large amount of people at the same time  Because of the age that we live in disease are able to spread rapidly  Epidemiologists are scientists that study epidemics, and work to find the source/cause of them  In 2009 the US suffered from an outbreak of the H1N1 virus

What do I Want to Know?  What are four major epidemics that have hit the United States?  How have epidemics affected the United States - Economically? - Physically? - Socially?  What is the difference between a pandemic and an epidemic?  How do diseases, viruses, and infections spread from person to person?

What do I Want to know?  Do we still isolate people when there is an epidemic?  Are new laws implemented during epidemics?  Are epidemics more likely to affect cities, where there is a large population density, or small towns where there is a small population density?  Are today’s modern medicines better equipped to prevent epidemics than they used to be?

The Story of my Search Day Onelearned how to use SIRS to research for my paper Day TwoHow to find the books I would need for my paper in the library Day ThreeFigured out how to cite a newspaper article Day FourLearned how to navigate Encyclopedia Britannica Online Day FiveWas taught how to set up a works cited page

The Story of My Search Day SixWhere to insert n.p., and n.pag. In a citation Day SevenHow to insert a hanging indent in my works cited Day EightHow to hyperlink to another slide in PP Day NineFigured out how to fix my paragraphs so that there was the same amount of space between each line Day TenDiscovered that gaggle is not a reliable source to save a document to

My Search Results  Pandemics occur over a widespread area, unlike epidemics  The Yellow Fever epidemic killed more people than WW11 and the Vietnam war combined  Economically, the US suffers greatly when an epidemic hits the nation  In the past 150 years 10 epidemics have struck the US

My Search Results  The president created the Americans with Disabilities Act partly because of an epidemic  People thought that Ice-cream, and public pools were the cause of Polio  The Swine flu kills no more people than the common flu does  Often when an epidemic breaks out, it is not immediately recognized as one

My Search Results  The polio epidemic affected 48 of the 50 states, including the territory Puerto Rico  Over ninety percent of the US military contracted the Spanish Influenza  Because of the Yellow fever epidemic, the first ever water system was created

My Growth as a Researcher 1. I Can now write a five page paper without panicking 2. I know how to cite documents, books, and articles 3. I know where to look for reliable information 4. I can tell the difference between a reliable source and an undependable one

My Growth as a Researcher 5. When writing, it is now easier to rearrange my sentences so they flow 6. It is easier to transition from paragraph to paragraph 7. I now understand that your thesis statement can change as you write, and now know how to do that 8. In order to research, you must know what you are looking for

My Works Cited  Altman, Lawrence K. “1981: The AIDS Epidemic Begins.” New York Times Upfront (Vol. 138, No. 13).24 April: 26+. SIRS Discoverer. Web. 14 May  Aronson, Virginia. The Influenza Pandemic of Philadelphia: Chelsea House, Print.  Kahler, Karl. “A Changed World” San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA). n.p. Nov SIRS Discoverer: n.pag. Web. 14 May  "Major American Epidemics of Yellow Fever " PBS: The Great Fever. PBS, 29 Sept. 2006: n.pag. Web. 08 May  "Major US Epidemics." Infoplease. Pearson Education, 2007: n.pag. Web. 08 May 2013  Murphy, Jim. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of New York: Clarion, Print.

My Works Cited  Osterholm, Michael T. "The Next Contagion: Closer than You Think." 09 May 2013: n.pag. Web. 14 May  “Poliomyelitis.” Compton’s by Britannica.01 Aug 2011: n.p. SIRS Discoverer: n.pag. Web. 10 May 2013  Skelton, Renee. “Conquering Polio. “National Geographic World. May 2000: SIRS Discovere: n.pag. Web. 10 May  Smith, Jane S. Patenting the Sun: Polio and the Salk Vaccine. New York, New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc May