The Legacy of Joseph Kuhn

Peggy Christensen

Summer Fellowship 2008

 

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Lesson Four: In addition to fires, sickness was also a serious problem as Champaign was developing as a business and educational center. This lesson will give students some background information to incorporate in the historical fiction they write. It is designed to be used where students have access to the internet.

 

Duration: This lesson will take one class period.

 

Analysis of Local Primary Sources: The students will be reading a section titled ÒMiscellaneousÓ from The Avenue Weekly, a 1918 souvenir publication of the Avenue School in Champaign.

 

Ties to National Primary Source: The flu policy cited below refers to the state of Illinois while some of the cures and prevention methods were used nationally.

 

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