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Gale Middle School in Context
"Created specifically for middle school students, Research In Context combines the best of Gale's reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and much more. Categories cover a range of the most-studied topics including cultures, government, people, U.S. and world history, literature, and many more."
World Book
Excellent encyclopedia for LS (Kids) and MS (Student and Advanced editions). Great pictures and graphic organizers.

NatGeo: Inside the Swift, Deadly History of the Spanish Flu Pandemic
"One hundred years ago, the virus infected a third of the world’s population, killing 195,000 Americans in October 1918 alone."
NatGeo:Mystery of 1918 Flu That Killed 50 Million Solved?
"Children born in the late 1800s lacked exposure to influenza before the deadliest pandemic of the early 20th century hit."
National Archives: Influenza Epidemic of 1918
Documents and photos from the National Archives demonstrate that the pandemic was a major disaster.
Smithsonian Magazine: How the Horrific 1918 Flu Spread Across America
"The toll of history’s worst epidemic surpasses all the military deaths in World War I and World War II combined. And it may have begun in the United States"