EXCITE! - Careers in Public Health Articles found here will give your students a sense of the daily life of practicing disease detectives and highlight the range of careers associated with public health sciences and epidemiology. We hope these articles will inspire students to pursue a career in public health. Articles Public Health on Front Burner After Sept. 11 USA Today, Anita Manning USA's 'Disease Detectives' Track Epidemics Worldwide USA Today, Anita Manning Tracking Down Bugs Bangor Daily News, Tom Weber CDC Disease Fighters Go Where Virus Action Is Atlanta Journal Constitution, Patricia Guthrie When Disease Strikes, the Doctor is In The Des Moines Register, Tom Carney Federal Web Sites Profiles of Epidemic Intelligence Service Officers Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Life Works National Institutes of Health Non-Federal Web Sites*
Yellow journalism yellow journalism, the use of lurid features and sensationalized news in newspaper publishing to attract readers and increase circulation. The phrase was coined in the 1890s to describe the tactics employed in the furious competition between two New York City newspapers, the World and the Journal. Joseph Pulitzer had purchased the New York World in 1883 and, using colourful, sensational reporting and crusades against political corruption and social injustice, had won the largest newspaper circulation in the country. The era of yellow journalism may be said to have ended shortly after the turn of the 20th century, with the World’s gradual retirement from the competition in sensationalism. THE NEW AMERICANS . For Educators Lesson Plan Index > Subjects: (U.S. History, World History), Mathematics Summary: Census data provides interesting demographic insight into immigrants living in the United States, and allows for comparative studies of past and present immigration trends and patterns. Standards > Procedure > Extensions and Assessment > Standards: This lesson addresses the following national content standards established at Objectives Students will: Analyze U.S. Materials Graph and plain white paper Pencils with erasers Procedure Preparation: Look at the "Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-born Population of the United States: 1850-1990” 1. This is a working paper prepared by the U.S. Tell students to choose those tables best suited to their immigration studies. Table 1. Most sections of Tables 1-4 show information in total numbers. Table 1 Activities Table 2 Activities Table 3 Activities
Fun Works Top What is a Nurse? A career for women and men! As a Registered Nurse (RN) you promote health, prevent disease, and help patients cope with illness. There are a lot of ways a nurse can specialize: surgery, emergency room or working with people in a particular age group; for example, older people or infants. Where do Nurses work? What are you like? Where do Nurses work? As a registered nurse you might work in a clinic, a doctors' office, a hospital, or see patients in their homes. Registered nurses often earn between $40,000 and $57,000. Things to Do Find out why feet stink.What did you eat at lunch? Read more... Things to Do Take a first aid course at your school, community center or local branch of the American Red Cross. Get some experience at your local hospital. Who is a Nurse? Five Hispanic nurses who just happen to be guys talk about the challenges they face, the strengths they bring to their careers, and why the nursing profession needs people like them. Classes to Take What Are You Like?
Newsies vs the World! The Newsboys Strike of 1899 Are you tough enough to mess with them? PODCAST Extra! Extra! Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst vs. the newsboys! In this episode, we look at the development of the sensationalist New York press — the birth of yellow journalism — from its very earliest days, and how sensationalism’s two famous purveyors were held at ransom by the poorest, scrappiest residents of the city. Crazy Arborn, Kid Blink, Racetrack Higgins and Barney Peanuts invite you to the listen in to this tale of their finest moment, straight from the street corners of Gilded Age New York. You can tune into it below, download it for FREE from iTunes or other podcasting services, or get it straight from our satellite site. Or listen to it here:The Bowery Boys: The Newsboys Strike of 1899 ______________________________________________________Newsboys in front of Seward Park. Printing House Square, in a print from 1866, and the world of newspaper publishing in the mid-19th century.
Suffragists and Their Tactics - Procedure - Lesson Plans - For Teachers Back to Lesson Plans Lesson Procedure Activity One (1 class period): Primary Source Analysis - Photos Activity Two (1 class period): Primary Source Analysis - Parades, Picketing, and Cartoons Activity Three (1 class period): Primary Source Analysis - Evaluating Broadsides Activity One (1 class period): Go to Votes for Women Suffrage Pictures: 1850-1920 and Browse to find a photo of one of the following suffragists: Carrie Chapman Catt Maude Wood Park Anna Howard Shaw Alice Stone Blackwell Alice Paul Print the photo in a large format. Work with a partner to complete a Primary Source Analysis Tool for each of your photos. What hypotheses can you make about this woman's personality based on her photograph? Top Activity Two Return to Votes for Women - The Struggle for Women's Suffrage. Work with a partner to complete a Primary Source Analysis Tool for each of your selections. Why did you match your woman with these particular images? Activity Three Activity Four Activity Five Extension
Computer Basics: Computer Safety and Maintenance - Lesson 14 How do I keep my computer healthy? Watch the video (4:15). Computers are expensive, and with all big purchases you probably want to protect your investment. Watch the video to learn how to keep a computer healthy. Keep your computer physically clean When dealing with computers, dust isn't just unattractive—it can potentially destroy parts of your computer. Cleaning the keyboard Cleaning the keyboard A dirty keyboard doesn't look nice and can cause your keyboard to not work properly. Unplug the keyboard from the USB or PS/2 port. Dealing with liquids If you spill liquid on the keyboard, quickly shut down the computer and disconnect and turn the keyboard upside down to allow the liquid to drain.If the liquid is sticky, you will need to hold the keyboard on its side under running water to rinse the sticky liquid away.
Spanish–American War The main issue was Cuban independence. Revolts had been occurring for some years in Cuba against Spanish rule. The US later backed these revolts upon entering the Spanish–American War. There had been war scares before, as in the Virginius Affair in 1873, but in the late 1890s, US public opinion was agitated by anti-Spanish propaganda led by newspaper publishers such as Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst which used yellow journalism to call for war.[15][16] The business community across the United States had just recovered from a deep depression and feared that a war would reverse the gains. It lobbied vigorously against going to war. President McKinley signed a joint Congressional resolution demanding Spanish withdrawal and authorizing the President to use military force to help Cuba gain independence on April 20, 1898.[17] In response, Spain severed diplomatic relations with the United States on April 21. The ten-week war was fought in both the Caribbean and the Pacific. Guam
What America’s immigrants looked like when they arrived on Ellis Island We hear so often that America is "a nation of immigrants" or a "cultural melting pot" that the phrase has become kind of a tired cliche. But actually seeing that history is a different story. The fascinating photographs below — of people in their native dress passing through Ellis Island in the early 20th century — hint at just how incredible and unique America's history is as a nation of immigrants. These photos were taken by Augustus Sherman, an amateur photographer who worked as the chief registry clerk on Ellis Island from 1892 until 1925. Sherman snapped these photographs of people passing through customs in their native dress. New York began using Ellis Island as a way station for immigrants on Jan. 1, 1892, and between then and 1954, more than 12 million immigrants used the island to enter the United States. The history of the island is not always a happy one: It also reflects deep racism and ethnic divisions. Here is a young German man, who the notes classify as a "stowaway":
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