SARS-CoV2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, now simply known an Covid, is the virus that is genetically related to the coronavirus responsible for the SARS-CoV1 outbreak of 2003. SARS-CoV1 infected over 8,000 people from 29 countries and territories, and resulted in at least 774 deaths worldwide. The Covid pandemic, which began in 2019, has affected every aspect of life and has resulted in 6,849,154 deaths to date worldwide.
Note: The Magnifier, Annotator, and Puzzler in this lesson are from news stories from 2020. Teachers can encourage students to investigate how Covid played out in schools by having them check the Nation’s Report Card that came out in 2022 and by investigating the current CDC statistics that track hospitalizations and deaths of brown and Black people and Native Americans as compared to other groups.
Questions
Annotate this Image
Directions:
- Does Amna Nawaz offer an introduction to this piece that adequately sets up what this interview will be about? If yes, how so? If not, why not?
- Given Dr. Blackstock’s work, is she a reliable source to answer the question of how race is a factor in health care? Why or why not?
- Why does Amna Nawaz delve deeper about race and health care rather than only looking at Covid-19?
- How does viewing a problem through an intersectional lens, one that addresses multiple variables, as Dr. Blackstock does, help us have a deeper understanding of the problem itself?
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Puzzler
Directions: Take a look at the different sections of the image one by one and answer the question that accompanies each section
Source: Screenshot from PBS NewsHour segment, “Navajo Nation, hit hard by COVID-19, comes together to protect its most vulnerable.” April 24, 2020.
Cropped Image 1
Describe what you see, including the expressions on the two women’s faces (top left quadrant)
Cropped Image 2
Describe what you see. What do you think this image is about? (bottom left quadrant)
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What role do you think the woman holds? (top right quadrant)
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What are these items and what do you think the items are being used for? (bottom right quadrant)
