Outbreaks, Epidemics, & Pandemics: Including the Worldwide COVID- 19 Pandemic

by Carole Marsh

Overview

WILL COVID-19 EVER END?

Kids want, need, and deserve to know what just happened and what it means for their future.

In this middle school resource book, students will learn the history of outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics, especially COVID-19, and be awed by the world of germs and how it can impact our lives.

With her trademark research that leaves no history, geography, biography, science stone unturned on a subject, author Carole Marsh shares how and why such things happen, how we can plan and protect ourselves - today and tomorrow.

Perfect for libraries and middle school teachers and students!

What's Inside?

• Something Germy This Way Comes!
• A Germy Glossary
• A Little History Might be in Order?
• Pandemics from the Historical Past
• Where Humans Go, Germs Go!
• The Geography of COVID-19
• The Old Versus the New
• Cholera Comes Calling!
• A Candy Store of Diseases
• Are You Getting the Big Pandemic Picture?
• And MORE!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780635135681
Publisher:	Gallopade International
Publication date:	04/13/2021
Series:	Germwise , #2
Edition description:	Outbreaks, Epidemics, & Pandemics ed.
Pages:	94
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.19(d)
Age Range:	13 - 17 Years

About the Author

CAROLE MARSH has been writing fiction, non-fiction, and curricula for children and adults for more than 40 years. Founder and CEO of Gallopade International, Marsh partners with schools, teachers, and parents to "make reading and learning fun."

"Teachers, librarians, parents and others constantly asked for more books, especially history, geography and biographies. I say I am a "fourth grader forever!" still eager to learn, share, be challenged, and challenge students to benefit from rigorous study toward a great job and future. I have visited schools all across the nation and learned so much from dedicated principals, teachers, librarians and others who have the same hopes and dreams for our children."

Marsh is the 2007 Georgia Author of the Year and has won countless awards for her best-selling series Real Kids! Real Places!. Her social studies curriculum can be found in K-8 classrooms across the nation.

Learn more about Carole: https://www.authorcarolemarshlongmeyer.com/

ACCOMPLISHMENTS
1970 Founded Marsh Media Methods, Public Relations & Corporate Communications
1975 Communicator of the Year, Carolinas Association of Business Communicators
1979 Founded Gallopade Publishing Group (now Gallopade International)
1985 Author of the Year Salisbury, North Carolina Schools
2007 43rd Georgia Author of the Year, Georgia Writers Association
2007 Featured Author, Grand Opening, Ron Clark Academy, Atlanta, Georgia
2009 Author of the Year, Second Baptist Schools, Houston, Texas
2015 Founded Bluffton Books
2019 International Year of the Woman Lowcountry South Carolina Honoree
2020 Founded Carole Marsh's Curriculum Lab and Studious Studios

AWARDS
2002 Learning Magazine Teacher's Choice Award for the Classroom
2004 Learning Magazine Teacher's Choice Award for the Family
2007 iParenting Media Award
2011 Learning Magazine Teacher's Choice Award for the Classroom
2011 Learning Magazine Teacher's Choice Award for the Family
2011 ForeWard Reviews Book of the Year
2012 Creative Child Magazine Book of the Year
2012 Creative Child Magazine Seal of Excellence
2013 Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award
2013 Learning Magazine Teacher's Choice Award for the Classroom
2013 ForeWard Reviews 2nd Place, Book of the Year
2013 Independent Publishers Association Benjamin Franklin Award
2013 iParent Media Winner Award
2013 Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award
2013 Creative Child Magazine Book of the Year
2013 Academic's Choice Smart Book Award Winner
2015 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards Pre-Teen Fiction Silver Medal
2015 Tybee Island Book Festival Children's Chapter Book Award
2016 Tillywig Toy and Media Awards Best Family Fun
2016 Family Choice Award
2017 Reader Views Literary Award
2017 Academic's Choice Award
2018 Teacher's Choice Award for the Classroom
2018 Tillywig Parents Favorite Products Award
2018 Parents Picks Award, Best Educational Product for Kids

Table of Contents

PART ONE: An Overview of Pandemics-Today & Yesterday

Something Germy This Way Comes!...10

A Germy Glossary...11

A Little History Might be in Order?...12

Pandemics from the Historical Past...13

Where Humans Go, Germs Go!...14

The Geography of COVID-19...15

The Old Versus the New...16

BUT FIRST...The New Virus Hunters!...17

SMALLPOX, a Big Deal!...18

The Great Plague...19

Cholera Comes Calling!...20

A Candy Store of Diseases...21

Childhood Diseases...You'll Be Glad You Didn't Have!...23

Germs, Always the Germs!...24

Are You Getting the Big Pandemic Picture?...25

Babes in the New World Woods...26

PART TWO: More About Disease, Please!

Do You Know About Disease?...28

Do You Know the Meaning of These Germy Words?...29

The Big Problem with Germs...30

The Basics of Bacteria...31

Viruses are Very Virulent...32

Where Do Germs Come From?...33

Are Germs Coming for Us?...34

Living with Germs Successfully: YOU CAN DO IT!...35

Your Amazing Immune System...36

Ready to Rumble!...36

Calling all T & B Cells...36

I Claim Immunity!...37

The CDC, the Place for Germs to Be!...38

Genetics & the Human Genome Project...39

The Human Genome Project...39

WHO?...40

PART THREE: I'm Sick! Now What?

AHHHHCHOOOO!...42

Antibodies & Antibiotics...43

Antibiotic Advice...43

Therapeutic Thoughts...44

Pets, Pregnancy, Other Populations, & COVID-19...45

Even Kids Helped Us Get a Vaccine!... 46

PART FOUR: Examples of Outbreaks, Epidemics, & Pandemics

Ebola Outbreak, 2014-2016...48

Spanish Influenza Pandemic, 1917-1918...49

HIV & AIDS...50

COVID-19, 2020-???? Novel Coronavirus Pandemic...51

Off to a Bad Start / America Taken by Surprise / Pandemic, Panic, & Politics...51

Learning Curve / Heroes, Helpers...& Horrors / To Open or Close?...52

Ongoing Problems / Looking Ahead...53

It's a Small World, After All...54

Growing Up with Vaccines!...56

PART FIVE: LOOKING AHEAD: How Do We Get Out of This Mess?

Ongoing Pandemic Issues...58

Testing, Testing, One, Two, Three / Economic Considerations...58

Vulnerable Populations / The Unknown Unknowns...58

COVID Quarterbacking...59

The Endgame...60

Will COVID Ever End?...60

The Future...60

The Greatest Teachable Moment Ever!...62

COVID CALENDAR RECAP...63

COVID Calendar Recap...63

Career Opportunities Galore!...66

Heroes & Helpers...67

How You Can Help!...68

But Did They Use Novacaine?...69

DARPA: Infectious Disease Experts...70

Pandemics as the Impetus to Invention!...71

MORE GERMWISE HEROES & HELPERS THROUGHOUT HISTORY

GLOSSARY...83

Bibliography for Students...84

Germy Stuff to Read for Fun!...85

Acknowledgements...86

Index...87

About the Author...90

Editorial Reviews

Carole Marsh tells the fascinating history of these deadly illnesses and plenty more in Outbreaks, Epidemics, & Pandemics. The text is rich in historically accurate facts, timelines and vocabulary about some of the major diseases that have punctuated mankind's reign on earth as well as the anatomy of disease in general. Carole's signature storytelling style will have middle-schoolers taking this book to bed with them to read ahead. I had a career teaching middle school science and have always been fascinated by the microscopic world. I would have been thrilled to use Outbreaks, Epidemics, & Pandemics in my curriculum. This book is a fantastic educational resource that will no doubt inspire many future medical professionals, epidemiologists and microbiologists as they navigate their career paths.

-Caroline Carpenter, retired science teacher

I wish I could go back to middle school. We never all-encompassing lessons that are integrated like Carole Marsh's Curriculum Lab. Our lessons were flat, boring, and rote. These are exciting, interesting and leave me wanting to know more about outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics. Hats off to a super educator!

-Nancy Waterhouse, New York/New Jersey

Outbreaks, Epidemics, & Pandemics is full of facts and history that are not only honest and informative but also interesting and engaging. Pandemics and germs are an exciting subject, and this curriculum shows that! It teaches the history of germs and past outbreaks through stories and memorable facts that students will want to share and continue learning about.

-Christina Yother Williams, designer

The perfect blend of fact and fun to make learning about disease epidemics captivating for middle-schoolers. It's just the right amount of wit, information, and grossness to keep anyone coming back for more (wearing a face mask, of course!).

-C.J. Ellison, author

From the Publisher