Diseases+in+Africa

Africa. You will be given one day in the computer lab to complete your research and begin working on constructing your digital display. Please see your respective teacher for your project's due date.
 * Introduction:** You will be completing a short research project about an infectious disease in

**The assignment must be emailed to your teacher by the deadline (that may mean a link or an attachment).**
Your project must be a digital display - you can create [|a glog], [|a prezi], a photostory 3 documentary (installed on some computers, and is a free Microsoft download), a power point, or can have another media approved by your teacher. • Your project must include all of the information below (see Information Required). • You must use a minimum of three sources to complete your research. You must cite your sources and submit a works consulted list. • Your project must include at least three relevant graphics (charts, photographs, maps, etc) and at least one of them must be a chart. You need to include the links for each of these graphics on your works consulted list. • Your project must be your original work! Projects which are plagiarized, in whole or in part, will receive a grade of zero. (NO copying and pasting words from websites and claiming them as your own!!!)
 * Project Criteria:** You will create a digital display about your assigned infectious disease. Your project must meet all of the following criteria:

Find as much information about the assigned disease as you can. In particular, try to answer the following questions: • What is the name of the disease? Why is it called that? • What are the symptoms of the disease? What are the long-term effects? • How do people catch the disease? • How many cases have been reported in Africa? • Where in Africa is the disease most common? • Is there any cure for the disease? Is there any way to prevent getting the disease?
 * Information Required:**

You will be researching one of the following diseases: African Sleeping Sickness AIDS Cholera Dysentery Hepatitis Lassa Fever Malaria Meningitis Polio Rabies Tuberculosis Typhoid West Nile fever Yellow Fever
 * Topics:**

[|Centers for Disease Control] [|World Health Organization] [|African Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania]
 * Helpful Websites:**

//Many thanks for Bennington High School for the foundational ideas for this project.//