Outbreak: Epidemics, Pandemics, and Plagues
An educational website produced in association with
Mayville State University's Honors Institute.

Picture of microbes.
Study Guides Media Files Resource Links Honors Institute

The Honors Institute "Outbreak" course uses Laurie Garret's "The Coming Plague" as its primary text. You can order a copy of the book by following the link below.
Picture of the book, The Coming Plague
Order Now 		From the Black Death, to the 1918 influenza epidemic, to the current avian flu threat, infectious diseases have had a profound impact on human life, history, and culture.

Using Mayville State University’s Honors Institute as a foundation, OUTBREAK takes a cross-curricular approach to discussing the spread of infectious disease.

OUTBREAK materials begin with the science of infectious disease from microbes to vaccines. From there materials integrate history, geography, social studies, economics, and literature. Visit the links at the top of this page to find study guides with classroom activities, media files of interviews and discussions, and a collection of links to other web resources.

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Woodcut of London during the plague."A Journal of the Plague Year" - Dr. Carolyn Baker has prepared quality classroom activities centered around Daniel Defoe's "A Journal of the Plague Year." You can find the activities under the "Study Guides" link.
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