Introduction
This curriculum unit will investigate the types of disease that came to the New World from the Old World. It will illustrate how these diseases impacted the native people and directly affected their populations. It will also investigate the fragile ecosystem that existed and how it was disrupted by the flora and fauna that were introduced by the Europeans. Students will not only gain knowledge of concepts and history they will use a wide variety of reading and comprehension strategies that will give students tools and techniques to use in other classrooms and in life.
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