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ProCon

Vaccines for Kids

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
All 50 US states require vaccinations for children entering public schools. Pupils set out to determine whether these requirements are fair with a thought-provoking resource. They read an interesting history of vaccines, watch pro and...
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Vacuna Contra La Viruela: Lo Que Necesita Saber

For Students 9th - 10th
Spanish resource provides information about the smallpox vaccination.
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Edward Jenner (1749 1823)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Modern History Sourcebook of the Fordham University provides a highly detailed biography of Edward Jenner (1749-1823 CE), noted physician and discoverer of the smallpox vaccine. Also presented are three original...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: History of Vaccines

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated overview of the history of vaccines and inoculations against diseases, such as smallpox and polio.
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Other

Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene: Smallpox [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Talks about what smallpox is, how it was treated before a vaccine came out, and talks about Edward Jenner and his association with smallpox. PDF file
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Curated OER

Kids Health: What Is Smallpox?

For Students 3rd - 9th
From Kids Health, this site describes what smallpox is and answers some other questions kids might have.
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Other

How Smallpox Was Eliminated

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the history of vaccine development. Describes the historical contexts of scientific efforts to eradicate smallpox.
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Other

Cdc: Generalidades Acerca De La Vacuna [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A fact sheet that provides detailed information on the smallpox vaccine. Learn about the length of protection, receiving the vaccine and view upclose photos of the primary vaccination site reaction.
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Other

Edward Jenner and the Discovery of Vaccination

For Students 9th - 10th
A site with a brief biography of Edward Jenner, with a lot of links to old books and papers of his that document his experiments in vaccinations.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Monkey Pox Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
This page contains several links to articles on the CDC's Web site about monkey pox. Great place to go to get all of the information you'll ever need about the disease.