American Revolution Smallpox Pandemic: How George Washington Defeats Smallpox

In this packet students will look at 6 different primary sources in order to determine if the British used smallpox against the American colonists during the American Revolution and what George Washington did to defeat smallpox before he could defeat the British.

This packet includes the following items:

1. A worksheet explaining the effects of smallpox, how a person was infected, and interesting facts about the disease with questions.

2. 6 primary source documents

3. A historical detective log to answer questions about the primary sources.

4. A final judgement worksheet.

5. Answer Key

This packet is in both Microsoft Word so it can be edited as well as PDF.