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Pandemic Perspectives Curriculum Kit

bring pandemic perspectives to your classroom

PictureStudents at Saranac Lake High School view the Pandemic Perspectives traveling exhibit.
The Pandemic Perspectives exhibit is a great tool for teaching about pandemic and public health history in your classroom.  It utilizes the field of Narrative Medicine to compare the experiences of tuberculosis and Covid-19 pandemics and can be adapted to fit the subjects of history, english, creative writing and more. 

This curriculum kit can be used online with the digital file below or in person with our traveling exhibit.  Please note the traveling exhibit and classroom files are
the original installation of Pandemic Perspectives and do not match the
public online exhibit or the new exhibit installation at the Saranac Laboratory (coming January 2022). 
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Below you will find suggested resources and materials to use alongside the exhibit. Please contact Mahala Nyberg at mahala@historicsaranaclake.org with questions or to schedule the traveling exhibit. 
The materials below are a suggested curriculum. We are happy to work with you to
shape this curriculum to fit your students. 


  • Traveling Exhibit Digital File 
Download Here
  • Introduction to Narrative Medicine with Dr. Arden Hegele, Columbia University Narrative Medicine Program.                                     
​          Dr. Hegele consulted on the exhibit and provided resources from her course Epidemic Fictions.  In this video she explains why fiction                and literature are useful tools for studying pandemics, using "The Birds" by Daphne Du Maurier as a case study. 
View Dr. Hegele's Presentation Here
Read "The Birds" Here
  • Exploring Vaccine Resistance Past and Present with Deborah Brown, Trudeau Institute
View the Presentation
Resource List
  • Worksheets and Resources:
    • ​Introduction to the Exhibit from Mahala Nyberg, Public Programs Coordinator
    • Exhibit Prompts Response Sheet
    • Make Your Own Panel
    • Make Your Own Panel (no image)
    • Suggested Discussion Questions

The Pandemic Perspectives exhibit panels have been redesigned for installation in the John Black Room this winter.
View the Panels Here
 Our thanks to Humanities NY for supporting the exhibit and public programs.
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  • an Essex County Arts Council Cultural Assistance Program Grant supported by the Essex County Board of Supervisors.
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