How Countries Handled the

Pandemic Differently
Hunter Novak, Samra Hausey,
Derik Bergersen
 2) KWL - Write down what you Know
about the topic, what you Want to
Day 1 know, and what you learned from
the video.

Activate Students’ Prior 2) Give One, Get One - Fold a paper

in half (hotdog style) and write all
Knowledge that you know about individualistic
countries and collectivistic countries
on the left side of your paper. After
2-3 minutes begin walking around
the room to discover new facts from
1) Go here and watch the video your peers. These will be written on
the right side of your paper.
titled “How Do Outbreaks
Start?”
 Day 2
Attack of the Zombies!
BREAKING NEWS: Strange and zombie-like
Track the data of people infected by Algebrainium in
behavior has been linked to a new virus,
our class:
Algebrainium, being researched in university
Days # of labs. University officials are strongly
Infected recommending that students remain in their
0 1 homes and away from anyone infected. Those
1 who have been infected can be distinguished
2 from others by a dot on their hand. Anyone

3 with this mark is infected. Due to risk of

outbreak, students have been quarantined in
4
their classrooms. Every day, a zombie infects
5
one non-infected person and they become a
6
zombie.
7

8
Day 2 Continued.
What? How? Research

Decide what country Begin thinking about Begin researching your

you would like to how you would like to country and the United
compare to the United present your findings. States to find
States. The directions Further explanation in information to make
are found here, under Directions. your graph.
the “direction” section.
 Pick a country to Go here under “Math Create!
compare to the US. Resources” to find
graphing help.

1 2 3 4 5

Research how your chosen country differed in handling the Decide how you want to present
Coronavirus. Research death rates, vaccine rates, and any findings. Personal narrative, creative
other information you think would be useful for your graph. story, video, etc. (get approved).
Think Aloud Have this handy while watching
and reading the video and text.
Read Me Make connections from the
video/text to something else
you have seen/read, connect it
Watch Me to yourself, and connect it to the
world. This is a strategy that you
Text-to-Text, should carry into everything
that you watch/read. When you
Text-to-Self, can make connections from
something, you will be more
Text-to-World engaged and comprehend it
better.
Word Origins
FIRST SECOND THIRD

Word Search Research Padlet

Individually find all 15 Pick one word from the Lastly, click on the link
word search to research
words on this word to go to the class padlet
(meaning and origin).
search. All of these are Research the origins to put your findings and
common words that and meaning of “pan” read what your peers
you will be coming and “epi”. Think of 2-3 found.
across during your words of your own that
contain one of these
research.
prefixes.
 Digital Experience

Click Me! And create a venn diagram comparing and contrasting the
characteristics of Individualistic Countries vs Collectivistic Countries
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