Launch
Launch
Students will enter the investigation through a rapid artifact-based launch, begin analyzing how literary and historical sources can reveal fear, leadership, and responsibility, and produce an initial research question plus evidence plan that sets up later archival work and exhibit design.
Days 1 - 3
Witness Walk Launch
Witness Walk Launch
Students will generate investigable questions from artifact-based observations, practice close interpretation of literary and archival sources, refine a hypothesis about protection during crisis, and produce a step-by-step evidence-collection plan for upcoming research with newspapers, maps, and diaries.
Days 4 - 9
Research Evidence Plan
Research Evidence Plan
Students will conduct structured archival research, test and refine a shared evidence-tagging system, evaluate source reliability, and build a traceable set of annotated notes, excerpts, and image captures that can support later claims about fear, leadership, responsibility, and community protection.
Days 10 - 15
Build Evidence Records
Build Evidence Records
Students will strengthen and verify their evidence base by checking corroboration across Fever 1793 and archival sources, adding organized entries to a shared class record, and drafting exhibit components that show who protected the community and how fear, leadership, and responsibility shaped survival.
Days 16 - 21
Analyze And Showcase
Analyze And Showcase
Students will analyze patterns and anomalies across their novel and archival evidence, test competing interpretations through discussion and critique, revise their thesis and exhibit components, and prepare clear, evidence-based explanations for the Yellow Fever Witness Fair.
Days 22 - 27
Showcase
Showcase
Students will present their completed Yellow Fever Witness Fair museum exhibits to an authentic audience, respond to questions with evidence from Fever 1793 and archival sources, and reflect on how their thinking about crisis, leadership, responsibility, and community protection changed across the investigation.
Days 28 - 30
Launch
Days 1–3
Day 1
Day 2
🕯️ Witness Walk Questions
Launch
40m
📖 Fever 1793 Scene Analysis
Knowledge/Skill Building
40m
Day 3
🗂️ Research Question Pitch
Deliverable
40m
Witness Walk Launch
Days 4–9
Day 4
🖼️ Witness Walk Artifacts
Launch
40m
Day 5
📖 Fever 1793 Scene Analysis
Knowledge/Skill Building
40m
Day 6
🗞️ Source Reliability Sorting
Knowledge/Skill Building
40m
Day 7
❓ Investigation Question Tuning
Deliverable
40m
Day 8
🧭 Evidence Plan Workshop
Project Work
40m
Day 9
✅ Research Plan Conference
Assessment
40m
Research Evidence Plan
Days 10–15
Day 10
🗂️ Source Notes and Citation Moves
Knowledge/Skill Building
35m
Day 11
🏷️ Codebook for Fear and Care
Knowledge/Skill Building
40m
Day 12
📚 Archive Search with Library Staff
Community Experience
40m
Day 13
🔎 Annotated Evidence Capture
Research
45m
Day 14
💬 Reliability Notes Peer Round
Deliverable
40m
Day 15
✅ Evidence Record Checkpoint
Assessment
40m
Build Evidence Records
Days 16–21
Day 16
🧭 Corroboration Check With Fever 1793
Knowledge/Skill Building
40m
Day 17
🗂️ Shared Archive Record Build
Project Work
40m
Day 18
🗺️ Mapping Who Stepped Up
Knowledge/Skill Building
40m
Day 19
🖼️ Witness Poster Draft Studio
Deliverable
40m
Day 20
💬 Gallery Critique Of Drafts
Knowledge/Skill Building
40m
Day 21
✅ Midpoint Evidence Gate
Assessment
40m
Analyze And Showcase
Days 22–27
Day 22
📊 Evidence Pattern Maps
Knowledge/Skill Building
40m
Day 23
📖 Fever 1793 Thesis Links
Knowledge/Skill Building
40m
Day 24
🗣️ Interpretation Debate Circle
Knowledge/Skill Building
40m
Day 25
🖼️ Witness Display Critique
Deliverable
40m
Day 26
🎙️ Fair Talkthrough Rehearsal
Project Work
40m
Day 27
🏛️ Yellow Fever Witness Fair
Assessment
40m
Showcase
Days 28–30
Day 28
Day 29
🛠️ Exhibit Cue Card Polish
Deliverable
30m
🖼️ Yellow Fever Witness Fair
Community Experience
50m
Day 30
🎤 Gallery Walk Defense
Assessment
40m
September 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
21
Day 1
Launch
22
Day 2
🕯️ Witness Walk Questions
📖 Fever 1793 Scene Analysis
23
Day 3
🗂️ Research Question Pitch
24
Day 4
Witness Walk Launch
🖼️ Witness Walk Artifacts
25
Day 5
📖 Fever 1793 Scene Analysis
28
Day 6
🗞️ Source Reliability Sorting
29
Day 7
❓ Investigation Question Tuning
30
Day 8
🧭 Evidence Plan Workshop
1
Day 9
✅ Research Plan Conference
2
Day 10
Research Evidence Plan
🗂️ Source Notes and Citation Moves
October 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
5
Day 11
🏷️ Codebook for Fear and Care
6
Day 12
📚 Archive Search with Library Staff
7
Day 13
🔎 Annotated Evidence Capture
8
Day 14
💬 Reliability Notes Peer Round
9
Day 15
✅ Evidence Record Checkpoint
12
Day 16
Build Evidence Records
🧭 Corroboration Check With Fever 1793
13
Day 17
🗂️ Shared Archive Record Build
14
Day 18
🗺️ Mapping Who Stepped Up
15
Day 19
🖼️ Witness Poster Draft Studio
16
Day 20
💬 Gallery Critique Of Drafts
19
Day 21
✅ Midpoint Evidence Gate
20
Day 22
Analyze And Showcase
📊 Evidence Pattern Maps
21
Day 23
📖 Fever 1793 Thesis Links
22
Day 24
🗣️ Interpretation Debate Circle
23
Day 25
🖼️ Witness Display Critique
26
Day 26
🎙️ Fair Talkthrough Rehearsal
27
Day 27
🏛️ Yellow Fever Witness Fair
28
Day 28
Showcase
29
Day 29
🛠️ Exhibit Cue Card Polish
🖼️ Yellow Fever Witness Fair
30
Day 30
🎤 Gallery Walk Defense