Pandemic - The Deadly Flu of 1918
Most students are aware of New Zealand’s participation in the First World War, but few will know of the flu pandemic that swept across the world in its aftermath.
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Series: School Journal Level 4 June 2018
Reading year level: 8
Category: Non-fiction
Topics: 1918, Black November, change, flu, health, influenza epidemic, New Zealand history, pandemics, public health, survival, the First World War, viral mutations, viruses
Pandemic - The Deadly Flu of 1918
Words by Renata Hopkins
In New Zealand, the epidemic took over nine thousand lives in under two months – an appalling number, especially if compared with the eighteen thousand soldiers whose lives were lost to the war.
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School Journal Level 4 June 2018
In this journal are three stories (Kāhuipani; Something Alive; The Village), one poem (Giving My Father Frights), and three articles (Ben Hawke - Mosgiel's Meteorologist; Climate Change - Our Biggest Challenge; Pandemic - The Deadly Flu of 1918).
1 of 8Ben Hawke - Mosgiel's Meteorologist
When thirteen-year-old Ben Hawke says things like “precipitation” and “atmospheric pressure”, his friends groan and say, “Speak English!”
2 of 8Dive
Shelly is forced to brave sea snake infested waters when she drops her phone in the river.
3 of 8Giving my Father Frights
We discover no end of windows of opportunity for giving my father frights.
4 of 8Something Alive
Jem Yoshioka was born and bred in New Zealand to New Zealand-born parents, so technically she only belongs to one place.
5 of 8The Village
Looking for adventure on a family holiday with her parents, Ava wonders off to explore some nearby ruins.
6 of 8Kāhuipani
Based on a true story. Kāhuipani details the journey of two children to the Tuakau bridge to find Te Puea.
7 of 8Climate Change - Our Biggest Challenge
Climate change isn’t only about warmer weather.
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