8TH GRADELEARNING LOG

Explain the precautions you take to avoid getting sick.

CHAPTER 3, SECTION 2

PART 1

Seeds of ChangePage 68

VOCABULARY

IN YOUR OWN WORDS, DEFINE THE FOLLOWING TERMSInfectious Disease (p. 68)

Plantation (p. 70)

Legacy (p.71)

INFECTIOUS DISEASEWhen a group of people share a common illness. This illness is

passed between the people and is shared through contact.

PLANTATIONArea of land where one single crop

is grown. A large workforce is needed to produce this crop.

LEGACYSomething that is passed down through generations of people.

SPREADING OF DISEASE

When Columbus, other Europeans and Africans came to the ‘New World’ they

unknowingly brought diseases and gave them to the Native Americans, who had no

immunity to the illness.

CRITICAL THINKING:

WHAT IS IMMUNITY, AND WHY WOULD THE NATIVE AMERICANS LACK OF

IMMUNITY BE A PROBLEM?

HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE TODAY?

THINK LIKE A HISTORIAN!

Pick a Color!!!