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Running time: 25 minutes

Also available in DVD format

Designed for college and advanced high school students, this 25-minute video examines the interactions of biological and social factors during the Irish Potato Famine, which started in 1845 as a result of a potato disease epidemic. Included is a brief instructor's guide that offers an overview of the video material, sample questions to stimulate class discussion, a glossary, illustrations of two key concepts, and a list of literature references.

Teaching Objectives:

• Demonstrate the importance of food production in daily life and show what can happen when something goes wrong
• Explain the "disease pyramid," the concept that diseases often result from interactions among a susceptible host, a virulent pathogen, and a favorable environment over a proper amount of time
• Introduce the structures and life cycle of a plant pathogenic fungus
• Impart an understanding of social and political factors that affect the production and distribution of food

Late Blight and the Irish Potato Famine DIGITAL DOWNLOAD

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Running time: 25 minutes

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