1. Ring-a-ring o' roses,
A pocket full of posies,
A-tishoo! A-tishoo!
We all fall down

2. Health and disease in society

3. Goals and Homework Key Questions to Answer:
What is the role of health in a society?
How does illness impact a society?
Was the black plague/black death a positive turning point or a negative period in European history?
Homework:
Read page in Pathways and take Cornell notes in preparation for next class.
Create a hypothesis statement that responds to the question: Was the Black Death a positive turning point or a negative period in European history?

4. Define epidemic
A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time

5. Define pandemic
An epidemic of an infectious disease that spreads through human populations across a large region, like a continent.
Can you think of examples?
Influenza
Black Death
Cholera
HIV/AIDS

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7. Role of public health What are some health and illness decisions made:
Within your family?
At St. George’s?
In Canada?

8. What happens when public health is compromised?
On a small scale:
Decreased productivity
Increased missed work days

9. What happens when public health is compromised?
On a larger scale:
Economies are affected or decline
Health care costs rise
Rise in taxation or unaffordable health care coverage
Quarantines, closures, services disrupted

10. Activity
In groups of two you will be comparing and contrasting the Black Death and Ebola.
One partner will examine Black Death, the other Ebola
Share your findings with your partner
Find themes or similarities between the two
Each student should have a complete copy of the handout for their notes

11. Homework Read page 161-165 in Pathways
Create a hypothesis statement that responds to the question: Was the Black Death a positive turning point or a negative period in European history?