Fever 1793

By Laurie Halse Anderson


Anderson, Laurie Halse. Fever 1793. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2002.



Summary:

Maddie is a fourteen year old living in Philadelphia during the 1793 outbreak of yellow fever. As the residents of Philadelphia fall victim to this terrible disease, Maddie is trying to keep her family safe. When Maddie’s mother contracts yellow fever, she sends Maddie and her grandfather to the countryside to keep them safe. Maddie is worried for her mother but she too can not falls sick with yellow fever. She and her grandfather fight to return to Philadelphia and once there, they realize the impact yellow fever has on the city.

Lexile level: 580L

Grades: 4th - 7th

Domain: Cognitive

Standards

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.1

Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.2

Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.3

Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text.


Goals:

Students will learn about the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia 1793 and understand the events that occurred during this epidemic.

Objectives:

Students will be able to explain how the yellow epidemic began in Philadelphia 1793.

Students will be able to identify the causes of the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia 1793.

Students will be able to explain the behavior of the residents of Philadelphia in response to the yellow fever epidemic.

Outcome:

Students will create a wordle that includes the following information:

Causes of the yellow fever epidemic

Treatments

Behavior/feelings of the residents


Selling tool


Supplemental information:

http://www.wordle.net/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY5jXKo8Das (video about the yellow fever epidemic)


IMDEBESable. “"Fever - 1793" - Historic Philadelphia Documentary [HD].” YouTube, YouTube, 2 Oct. 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY5jXKo8Das.