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Outbreak: The Influenza Epidemic in New Zealand 1918

A Child's Perspective


Outbreak: The Influenza Epidemic in New Zealand 1918

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Think about the different views the children would have had on the Influenza epidemic.
  • What would the children have seen going on in their homes and town?
  • What might the children have been told about the epidemic?
  • What would children have had to do differently than before the epidemic?

Use the information sources listed below to help your group build up a picture of what a child's perspective during the epidemic might have been.

Discuss your ideas with other members of your group and write your own diary entry from a child's point of view. Remember to date your diary entry.





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