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How did humans fight back to stop the disease and its effects?  The humans fought back by inhaling zinc sulphate gas.  Add images of safety equipment that was used to fight the disease.

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When the flu hit NZ it was towards the end of the war.  Which war was this?  The war was World War 1.  Why did the fact that war was happening make the flu worse in NZ?  It made it worse because the areas were more unsanitary and they were all cramped in together. Also they had weak immune systems from the war.

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What would you do in this situation.  Jot down your ideas to stay safe in this crisis and use the recording function to record how you would stay safe.  In this situation I would stay away from everyone so I won't get sicker and look for a good doctor and medicine.

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What was the ‘Killer Strain’ and what were its effects?  The killer strain was about the flu not being the normal flu because the flu of 1918 was very dangerous.  The effects of the 1918 flu were pneumonia, terrible nosebleeds, and bleeding from the organs.

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Screenshot the image about the virus mutating - Antigenic Shift.

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Add in five images of ‘flu pandemic’ into your Padlet.

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Think about the Maori that lived in NZ at the time.  Think about where the disease came from.  Why do you think the effects were worse on Maori populations?  It might have been worse on Maori because Pakeha's back then tried to kill them and not let them have a house so the Maori not having a house could have made the sickness worse.  Also the Maori didn't have exposure to sickness.

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Why did the disease spread with ‘deadly speed’?  It spread with deadly speed because soldiers and nurses worked in crowded and unsanitary areas which caused the spread of the disease.  List the factors that contributed to its spread.

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Take note of and jot down the headings in this book.  What can we tell about the info in this text?  We can tell that the info in this text is a recount of what happened when the flu wiped out a lot of NZ's population.  What will we possibly find out?  We will find out about the 1918 flu.  Use the voice recording function and record your answer.

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Read the text carefully.  As you read, jot down 3 words that you don’t know the meaning of.  We’ll discuss this vocab in the group session.

Quarantine:  When strict isolation is imposed to limit or contain the spread of disease.

Antibody:  A protein the body makes to defend itself
against foreign substances.

Sulphate:  A salt or ester of sulfuric acid.

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View the front cover and images in the text, record your own Prior Knowledge on this topic.  What is the ‘flu’?  What is a ‘Pandemic’ - break into parts - what does ‘Pan’ mean and what does ‘demic’ mean?  Use the voice recording function and record your PK!

PK: My prior knowledge is that pandemic means an outbreak of a sickness and the flu is a contagious sickness.

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