Hi All, so here we are. Understanding that things are a little unsettled the District Social Studies team is uploading some quick lessons this week if you are interested. Click on the links for some cool insight on what is going on in the world around us. Watch this Ted Talk from 2018 by Steven Pinker titled "Is the world getting better or worse?" Do you agree with his thesis and the evidence he presents? If you could live in any time period in history what would it be and w hy? Watch this Ted Talk from Steven Johnson titled "Ghost Map" about how geography and mapping help to stop a cholera outbreak in London in 1854. Then check out this New York Times map website on the Corona virus and this specific piece mapping the spread of the virus . Go to this cool Esri Story Map about the Spanish Flu outbreak in 1918 . As you investigate that global pandemic, what similarities a nd differences do you see with today’s CO