Celia Roskin, a senior at Elon University, wrote this during her work as the Fall 2020 Teaching with Primary Sources Intern in the Young Readers Center at the Library of Congress.
The 1918 influenza pandemic, commonly known as the Spanish flu, was one of the most virulent and deadly pandemics in recent history; that was until COVID-19. For details about the events of the 1918 influenza pandemic, refer to this blog post. The resources in this post are intended to give teachers tools to engage students in learning history from an English and Language Arts perspective through meaningful, memorable pedagogy.