Lore Episode 86 Under Siege

Lore, by Aaron Mahnke is one of my go-tos for podcasts in the classroom. Finding engaging material for my informational text standards can be challenging. This podcast has really helped! It even won Best Historical Podcast of 2016 from the Academy of Podcasters. Students enjoy the creepy overall tone and we always come away with great discussion topics.

This particular episode, #86 - “Under Siege,” is all about Typhoid Mary. In the early 1900s there was a house cook named Mary who was an asymptomatic carrier of Typhoid. She continued to work as a cook even after she realized she was spreading this deadly disease. Eventually the government quarantined and tested her for two years in an effort to prevent her from spreading the disease. They also offered to remove her gallbladder which may have stopped the spread of the disease. She declined the operation. This is the perfect subject for discussion on the rights and safety of a few versus the rights and safety of many. 

This product includes:

• A one-page graphic organizer for the podcast (I left out the first eight minutes which are irrelevant and confusing to students for this particular lesson).
• An answer key
• Discussion questions
• Instructions on how to use this for distance learning