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Science/Health

Bolivian Hemorrhagic Fever
The following study guide, prepared by Honors Institute students and Dr. Robert Kruger, includes discussion questions and reflective thoughts about the early 1960s outbreak of Bolivian Hemorrhagic Fever.
Study Guide: Bolivian Hemorrhagic Fever

Lassa Fever
The following study guide, prepared by Honors Institute students and Dr. Robert Kruger, includes discussion questions and reflective thoughts about the late 1960s/early 1970s outbreak of Lassa Fever in Africa.
Study Guide: Lassa Fever

Ebola Virus
The following study guides, prepared by Honors Institute students and Dr. Robert Kruger, include discussion questions and reflective thoughts about the mid 1970s outbreak of Ebola Virus in Zaire.
Study Guide: Ebola, Part 1
Study Guide: Ebola, Part 2

Hantaviruses
The following study guides, prepared by Honors Institute students and Dr. Robert Kruger, include discussion questions and reflective thoughts about an outbreak of hanatvirus in the American Southwest in the early 1990s.
Study Guide: Hanataviruses

Arts/Literature

"The Masque of the Red Death"
The following study guide, prepared by Dr. Mitzi Brunsdale, includes class activities, discussion questions, and a vocabulary exercise for Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death".
Study Guide: "The Masque of the Red Death"

"A Journal of the Plague Year"
The following study guide, prepared by Dr. Carolyn Baker, includes a collection of 50-minute classroom activites for Daniel Defoe's "A Journal of the Plague Year".
Study Guide: "A Journal of the Plague Year"

Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds"
The following study guide, prepared by Dr. Matt Wanat, includes a glossary of relevant terms and study questions about Alfred Huitchcock's classic film "The Birds".
Study Guide: "The Birds"
Study Questions for "The Birds"