The Influenza Epidemic collection on the National Archives includes 10 files and six images including the one that I included in this blog post. As I browsed the files and images I couldnt think however help of resemblances in between todays current pandemic situation and that of 103 years back..

Mondays highlighted artifact on
Todays Document from the National Archives was ”
Nurse wearing a mask as defense versus influenza. As is typically the case with items in the daily feed there was a link to additional info about the image.
images and documents about the influenza epidemic of 1918..

Applications for Education.

How long do you think it considered people in Maine (where we live) to learn about the severity of the influenza epidemic?
How do believe individuals living in 1918 felt about wearing masks.
What are the similarities in between the 1918 influenza epidemic and the current COVID-19 pandemic?
How did the U.S. goverment react to the 1918 influenza epidemic? How is that comparable or various from the reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic?

As I check out the files (theyre all brief) and saw the images in.
The Influenza Epidemic I began to think about concerns that I would ask trainees to think of while they examined the artifacts. Heres a short list of those questions:.

Nurse using a mask as protection against influenza. As is typically the case with products in the daily feed there was a link to additional details about the image. In this case the extra info was a National Archives collection of