Cinema and customs

Area : Interdisciplinary. Type : Individual / Group. Level : First cycle of ESO

• You can watch the film Outbreak, by Wolfgang Petersen (1995) (not recommended for children under 13). The U.S. military razes a camp in Zaire where a deadly Ebola-like virus is wiping out the population. This measure was taken both to keep the virus secret and to prevent it from spreading, but they didn't count on the fact that a small monkey, carrying the dangerous virus, had traveled on a boat from Zaire to the United States. Soon, everyone who has been in contact with the ape begins to show the first symptoms, causing alarm...

• Point out the relationship between animal smuggling and disease importation.

• Make a summary of the film.

• Create a poster advertising the film.

• Reproduce the film in 20 comic strips.