This lesson plan examines the coronavirus from an historical perspective and examines pandemics in times past. To purchase the whole collection of COVID-19 resources, including worksheets, activities and lessons, download our COVID-19 resource pack ‘After COVID-19 — Returning to Education after the Coronavirus’.
The following valuable information is provided in this lesson plan:
- The history of pandemics around the globe.
- The ‘age of exploration and discovery’ and colonisation.
- How diseases spread from country to country.
This lesson plan helps introduce COVID alongside the subject of history and examines other pandemics throughout the centuries.
Benefits
- Ready to use lesson plan to introduce the topic.
- Photocopiable — use year after year again and again.
- Illustrated throughout.
- Simple, clear and concise and easy to follow.
- Downloadable — instantly available and no delivery costs.
What’s Inside? 
- How the ‘age of exploration and discovery’ and colonisation led to the spread of many infectious diseases around the world.
- The effect of worldwide travel on the spread of the coronavirus.
- The history of the Black Death throughout Europe and Asia.
- False remedies for pandemics throughout history and various myths associated with COVID-19.
Who is it for?
- Teachers — This pack helps teachers examine COVID through the topic of history.
- Parents — Parents can help their children look at pandemics from an historical perspective.
- Young People — This resource helps young people understand truth versus myth in relation to COVID remedies.
Product Details
- Age range: 12 years and upwards
- Category: Lesson plan
- First published: 2020
- Last revised: 2022
- Pages: 12
- Duration: 1 hour 15 mins
- Illustrated throughout
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