Understanding Global Health Lesson Plan

Learning Objectives

Students will understand that developments in public health have had profound effects on life today.
Students will understand how the development of modern states has led to greater peace and stability.

(5 Minutes) Debrief Homework: On the board, identify the eight developments discussed in the reading, and highlight the point made at the end, that these developments are distributed unevenly around the world.
(20 minutes) Have students search online for examples of these developments being distributed unevenly around the world. Collect examples using a Google Docs, Padlet, or similar tool. Point students to sites such as the WHO, Think Global Health, Stat, and KFF Health News.
(10 minutes) Watch: Why Do We Live in Countries? (5:56). Optionally have students fill out the guided reading handout.
(10 Minutes) T-Chart: As a class, create a T chart on the board comparing life before the Peace of Westphalia with our life today where we live in sovereign countries.

Term	Definition
epidemic	an increase, often sudden, in the number of cases of a disease above what is typical for a certain population in an area.
immunization	process of protecting or strengthening people’s immune systems to fight off particular infectious diseases, usually accomplished through vaccines.
infectious disease	also called communicable, a disease that spreads via people, animals, insects, or contaminated food and water—such as the flu, chickenpox, or Ebola.
noncommunicable disease	disease that cannot be transmitted via people or animals. Examples include cancer and diabetes.
pandemic	disease outbreak that has reached at least several countries, affecting a large group of people.
sovereignty	supreme or absolute authority over a territory.