Bath middle school teacher sparks hope, determination with yellow fever lesson
Bath middle school teacher sparks hope, determination with yellow fever lesson After learning about how yellow fever epidemic sparked fear and confusion in 1793 Philadelphia, Bath Middle School eight graders said they felt comforted to learn the U.S. has overcome pandemics before. Share Tanya Pomerleau, an English language arts teacher at Bath Middle School, discusses a reading assignment from “Fever 1793.” Photo courtesy of Lindsey Goudreau BATH — When Tanya Pomerleau, an English language arts teacher at Bath Middle School, picked up a book about the yellow fever epidemic in 1793 Ph...