Other+Events+During+WWI

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There are three main concurring events were are going to share with the class and they are as follows, the completion of the panama canal, Margaret Sanger opens the first american birth control clinic in Brooklyn, and finally An Influenza epidemic spread across Asia, to Europe and then America. Eventually kills 20-million people including 500,000 thousands Americans. These are all important events during the war, we have primary source documents followed with discussion questions for the class along with a video.

//Margaret Sanger //
Discussion Questions after reading the following article on the first birth control clinic opened in America. 1) Why do you think America and the federal government was so against Margaret Sanger and her movement for birth control? 2) Do you consider Margaret Sanger as a radical or a hero? 3) How would life be different without Margaret Sanger, who is considered to be the main women for the birth control movement? 4) Why do you think she chose to open the clinic in Washington?

//Panama Canal//
Download the handout on the video and answer the questions as you watch the video. media type="youtube" key="WiQU_LiWDL0" height="344" width="425"

//Influenza// //Epidemic //
Please download the article and the questions to go along with the reading guide. Discussion Questions 1) How do you think this flu epidemic effected the war? 2) Do you think the war helped spread the flu faster? 3) Should the war have continued with such an epidemic taking place?

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