This (COVID-19) coronavirus lesson will help you teach your students specifics about the devastating COVID-19 that is breaking news in the world today.
Step-by-step Teacher Directions and a PowerPoint will walk you through the lesson. Using information from the Center for Disease Control, you can show your students how quickly this virus has spread across the world, how people become infected, what the symptoms are; and most importantly, the ways they can protect themselves from getting this virus.
An "Interactive Worksheet" activity will help students to process events that have unfolded since the outbreak began, and also enable them to empathize with the many people this virus has affected.
All that’s needed is glue, scissors, and a printer with paper!
***UPDATED on 8/31/2021***
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- I wish the circumstances were different, and my heart goes out to all those who have been hurt by this viral outbreak.
- Since the virus is so new and reports about it are changing daily, I've included a way for you and your students to continue using the "Interactive Worksheet" template for future coronavirus news updates.
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Here is what is included in this LOW-PREP FREE lesson:
1. 11-pages of "Step-by Step Teacher Directions" follow the PowerPoint slides
2. 17-Slide PowerPoint walks you through this lesson
3. "Coronavirus 2019/2020 Timeline Events Sheet" to print: This is a summary of main events from the first case of the virus in Wuhan China, to China recognizing the infection originated at the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, to the first case in the United States, to the World Health Organization warning that the virus "has pandemic potential."
4. "Coronavirus Interactive Worksheet," a fill-in the blanks timeline template
5. 35 Emojis to print and cut out
6. "Follow-up Blank Timeline Template" to continue following the virus and events
7. A worksheet example is included
8. Learning Target Posters are included, as well as 3 different "Student Check-Off Sheets"
