1. Students can run their campaign or start an online petition via internet to fight for the restoration of the Lazaretto. Dr. Barnes has a campaign on his website: Help Save the Lazaretto http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~dbarnes/Help_Save_the_Lazaretto.html You may wish to join efforts with Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia. Contact information below: Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia http://www.preservationalliance.com/ [Last updated 2010; last accessed 12/1/10.] 1616 Walnut Street, Suite 1620 Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-546-1146 2. Students can do further research to determine if the Lazaretto was effective in reducing disease. They can hold a forum or panel to decide if quarantine was effective. This activity was suggested by Dr. Barnes and may even work well for high school students. 3. Ask students to imagine themselves as an immigrant traveling through the Lazaretto to get to the Port of Philadelphia. Write a fictional story that portrays your character and/or their family, while simultaneously describing various aspects of the Lazaretto inspection and quarantine experience.

The Lazaretto End of Wanamaker and 2d Street Essington, PA 19029
Even though it is not currently a museum, students may wish to tour the grounds of the buildings that hold so much of Pennsylvani's immigration and public health story. Arrange your visit with Tinicum Township beforehand. Linda McNeill, Township Manager 163 Municipal Road Pipersville, PA 18947 610-294-9154

Independence Seaport Museum Penn's Landing, Philadelphia PA 215-413-8655
This museum tells the story of Philadelphia's maritime history. Permanent exhibits such as Home Port Philadelphia and Coming to America can place the quarantine station lesson within the context of the larger immigration experience. Students can try out bunks on which immigrants would have slept during their trip in steerage to America. The Coming to America exhibit also offers photographs of dining compartments and oral histories (audio stories) of immigrants' experiences. The museum offers various student educational programs as well. One program entitled, Immigration-Philadelphia's Port of Freedom!, is typically geared for students Grades 3-6. However, if adjusted for middle school students, it could be a perfect field trip companion to this lesson. It provides interesting information about immigrants who came to Philadelphia and invites students to "learn about the process of becoming a American citizen and the tools to research your own ancestry!"

Mutter Museum 19 South Twenty-Second Street Philadelphia, Pa 19103-3097 215-563-3737
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia's Mutter Museum is dedicated to educating visitors about the history of public health and medicine, as well as offering resources for improving public health today. The museum's education program offers a number of helpful resources which include workshops for teachers, specific programs for students, and a fellowship program for mentoring future health professionals. Your class might find the program entitled "Germ Wars" an interesting follow-up to this lesson. Its online description beckons students to "[d]iscover the incredible, astonishing, and sometimes disgusting stories of the men and women who first fought germs and learned how to keep us healthy." In addition, the museum offers a downloadable pdf workbook entitled, "Infectious Diseases & The Human Response." Among the educational programs, you will also find one focused on helping students and teachers navigate the internet for reliable and trustworthy sites for medical information.