Lesson 20:

Health throughout

History


In this lesson, you will learn about some of the diseases that have had a serious impact on society, both in the past and in the present, and about some of the diseases that scientists think may continue to be problematic in the future.
 

 
 

 

 

In this lesson, you will:

  • learn about diseases that have occurred in the past
  • learn about the causes of epidemics
  • learn about epidemics that are occuring now and which ones may occur in the future



Key terms for this lesson:

  • avian influenza
  • Black Death
  • epidemic
  • globalization
  • HIV/AIDS
  • influenza
  • pandemic
  • smallpox
  • superbugs
  • tuberculosis
  • Zika virus