Pandemics in History, Literature, and Today

Participants will delve deeply into the global history of the 1918 influenza pandemic; discuss literature related to its cultural and personal impact; work with archival, primary source materials from front-line workers of 1918; and compare these historical, literary, and archival descriptions with histories being gathered of the current pandemic. The institute will demonstrate how medical content can be integrated into the study of global history and literature of the twentieth century. Participants will return to their classrooms with lessons that unite history, literature, rhetoric, and science, and new approaches for building skills in source analysis, reasoning, and argumentation.

The institute will demonstrate how medical content can be integrated into the study of global history and literature of the twentieth century. Participants will return to their classrooms with lessons that unite history, literature, rhetoric, and science, and new approaches for building skills in source analysis, reasoning, and argumentation.