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Participant Name(s): Patty Bruce, Carla Morandi

The Last Great Canal

Curriculum Project

Overview  Biology lessons which explores bacteria born diseases and the

role of the I&M canal in cholera outbreaks.

Unit/Lesson Title: Bacteria/ The Spread of Cholera Across the U.S.

 

Intended Grade Level: 9-10

 

Approximate length: 2-3 days

 

Applicable Standards

11.A.4a Formulate hypotheses referencing prior research and knowledge.

11.A.4b Conduct controlled experiments or simulations to test hypotheses.

11.A.4c Collect, organize and analyze data accurately and precisely.

12.A.4b Describe the structures and organiza­tion of cells and tissues that underlie basic life functions including nutrition, respiration, cellular transport, biosynthesis and reproduction.

 

Goals/Objectives:

1. Identify the cause and symptoms of Cholera.

2. Understand how the I & M canal contributed to the spread of cholera.

3. Understand how disease is spread.

4. Have an understanding of cholera outbreaks today/ relate to current events

 

Procedures

1. Students will read a paragraph on a cholera outbreak in the 1840’s in the U.S.

2. Students will read maps and predict how cholera moved throughout the country

3. Students will participate in a lab activity that demonstrates how disease is spread

4. Students will discuss the differences between the outbreaks of 1800’s and now using a current article.

 

Materials

(handouts, worksheets, equipment, etc.)

1. Cholera article

2. Maps of cholera outbreak

3. lab activity

4. 2 small Dixie cups per student

5. baking soda

6. phenolphthalein pH indicator

7. small container with eye dropper for phenolphthalein

8. 1 Liter container for mixing basic solution

 

Resources (traditional & electronic)

Journal of IL History, Volume 7. Number 2, Summer 2004

Challenging Chicago: Coping with Everyday Life, 1837-1920. Perry R. Duis

Maps showing the movement of Cholera from Canal Binder

Tsunami could dredge up new diseases: January 7, 2005, NewScientist.com news service. Shaoni Bhattacharya

 

Assessment(s)

1. Lab activity and questions

2. Class Discussion

 

CHOLERA AND THE ILLINOIS MICHIGAN CANAL

1840’S

Cholera is an acute intestinal disease caused by Vibrio cholerae, a bacterium. It has a short incubation period, causing an acute intestinal infection caused by eating food or drinking contaminated water containing the bacteria. Symptoms include vomiting, and a watery diarrhea leading to severe dehydration. Death is likely if no treatment is given. The bacteria can be found in a person’s feces for up to fourteen days even if the person doesn’t show signs of the disease.

Cholera remains a global threat today and is a key indicator of social development. In countries where minimum standards of water treatment are available, the disease is not a likely problem. In countries where safe sanitation cannot be guaranteed cholera continues to be a threat today.

In 1849, the John Drew, a canal boat bringing travelers from New Orleans via the newly opened Illinois Michigan Canal, arrived in Chicago with six or more English emmigrants who were said to be sick with “ship fever”. Seventeen days later the English visitors died. A reporter of the time concluded there was no reason to suspect Cholera as the culprit. Within a few months, more than six hundred people died, and within three years, over twelve hundred more died of cholera. The cholera epidemic swept across much of the United States in the ensuing years.

Look at the maps showing the movement of Cholera in 1832, 1849, & 1866.

 

Why was Cholera localized in the eastern part of the country in 1832?

 

What event may have been responsible for the movement of Cholera westward by 1849?

 

Describe the geographic movement of Cholera across the United States in 1866.

READ THE FOLLOWING ADVERTIZEMENTS FOR MEDICINES TO TREAT CHOLERA AS FOUND IN NEWSPAPERS IN 1849.

DIARRHEA, DYSENTERY, CHOLERA, ETC.

The best, safest and most economical preventive and cure

Is becoming the most popular remedy of the day

KIRBY’S MAGIC CHOLERA DROPS

For the immediate cure of summer complaints, diarrhea,

Dysentery, cholera, cramp in the stomach and similar complaints

Of the stomach or bowels. Used in drops-not quarts. One drop is almost

certain to calm the severest case. It has cured aged individuals who thought

they were too old for medicine to relieve.

CHOLERA……..A SURE REMEDY! A PREVENTIVE! A CURE!

Captain Broadwell of the steamer Atlantic, a New Orleans packet, informed us

that there were several cases of cholera on board and they were given

DAVIS PAIN KILLER

 

The pain killer was used with complete and triumphant success. Should this disease

make its appearance among you, as it probably will, you can be confident that using

the Pain Killer will cure you quickly.

CHOLERA PREVENTED! DOCTOR OSGOOD’S INDIA CHOLA OIL

is the medicine that will do it. Take a dose of this every morning and evening,

and with common care to avoid exposure all apprehensions of the disease may be avoided.

QUESTIONS:

 

If you were a patient with cholera in 1849- would you be tempted to purchase any of the above medicines? Explain some of the things people didn’t know about Cholera back in the 1840’s.

 

List and explain at least three things we know now that would disprove the use of these medicines to treat cholera.

Name __________________________

How is Cholera Spread?

An Infectious disease is any disease caused by germs that can be spread from one person to another. Germs include viruses, bacteria and protozoa. Cholera is a type of disease that is spread through water, food, or from person to person.

Objective: simulate the spread of disease through a population.

Instructions

 

Obtain a cup filled with a clear solution. This solution represents your body. One person in the class will have a cup that has been “infected.”

 

Interact with two other students by pouring all of your solution into your partner’s cup. Then have your partner pour all of the mixed solution back into your empty cup. Finally, pour half of the mixed solution back into your partner’s empty cup. After you have finished your two interactions, return to your seat.

Estimate how many people you think will be infected ________.

 

An “infection indicator” will be placed in your cup by your teacher. If you have exchanged solutions with the original infected person or someone else after they became infected, you are now infected and your solution will turn red. If your solution in not infected, it will stay clear.

How many people in the class were infected? ______________

 

Obtain a fresh cup from your teacher and repeat the process. This time interact with three other students.

Estimate how many people you think will be infected after three interactions. ______________

How many people were actually infected? ______________

 

Draw a graph to show your results. Place the number of people infected on the y-axis and the number of interactions on the x-axis

Discussion questions:

 How many interactions do you think it would have taken before the whole class became infected? _______________

 What are some ways that infectious diseases are transmitted from one person to another?

 What are some ways you can prevent the spread of infectious disease?

What factors may influence your risk of getting an infectious disease?