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It was global - Pandemic (global): Epidemic (regional): Endemic (always found in one place)

Not everyone or every place is effected

Influenza characteristic: young and healthy

Where did it start? How did it spread?

Medicine is only as good as our current understanding or knowledge.

A short, sharp hit!

Not the only influenza epidemic

It was a trauma that was quickly forgotten. Why?

It had a significant impact: developed new health policies, demographic change.

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 Demonstrate the understanding of the significance of an historical context

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 Demonstrate the understanding of the significance of an historical context

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For an historical event/place or person to be significant it should show evidence of one or more of the 5 R's.

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Unexpected

Large scale event - magnitude (size), duration (length of time), impact (amount of change)

Unusual - out of the ordinary

Strategically important

IE had an impact on all of NZ

IE was severe on some people/places

Young, healthy people were susceptible

IE only lasted 4 months in NZ as a major event

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illustrates what is happening at the time: Context

insight (deeper understanding) of people, places or events

IE of the medical knowledge at the time and public health policy

IE was in the context of WW1 - lots of competing needs

the context for rural Maori

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brings about change: Social, Economic, and Political

for the better? Illustrate problems and suggest solutions.

paradigm shift: change in perception means a change in what we do

changes in health policy - 1920 Health Act

Did it generate societal changes?

Did it magnify trends that were already happening?

Was there political implications?

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it has an emotional impact

becomes a persistent part of a culture

myths, legends and stories

How did it resonate with people at the time? Family stories.

What degree of trauma was associated with the IE?

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How are people, places, and events recalled?

Commemoration: the act of remembering and recognising

Memorialisation: physical or cultural taonga/artifacts that help people remember.

Why was it not remembered more openly?

How did the memorialisation and commemoration differ?

What form do memorials take?