Voices from the Polio Era: Documents of Fear, Hope and Choice
Students travel back to 1954, when the newly developed polio vaccine was tested on children across the country. They take on the role of a parent deciding whether or not to allow their child to participate in the polio vaccine trials. Use this lesson to guide the use of the Community Immunity interactive.
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Topics
- infectious disease
- polio
- polio vaccine
- vaccine trials
- clinical trials
- vaccination
- risk assessment
- public health
- medical history
- evidence evaluation
- scientific evidence
- decision-making
- persuasive argument