1. The effects of the Black Death on Britain
Learning Objective: To evaluate if the Black Death was a disaster

2. L.O. By the end of this lesson...
ALL OF US will be able to extract information from a source and comment on how useful it is. (3/4)
EVEN BETTER IF you can extract information from a source and give reasons why a source is or isn’t useful. (5)
EXCELLENT IF you can begin to explain, with your own knowledge, or reference to its authorship, reasons why a source is or isn't useful. (6/7)
CHALLENGE!!! CAN YOU EXPLAIN, WITH YOUR OWN KNOWLEDGE AND REFERENCE TO ITS AUTHORSHIP, A REASON WHY A SOURCE IS AND A REASON WHY A SOURCE ISN’T USEFUL? (8)

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How do you think this picture links to the Black Death?
Achievement Points for the closest guess! 5
This is in fact the remains of a Medieval village just outside Manchester.
The entire population of nearly 300 died of Black Death within one week.
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How useful is this source to a historian investigating the consequences of the Black Death? 5
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This is in fact the remains of a Medieval village just outside Manchester.
The entire population of nearly 300 died of Black Death within one week.

5. End Black Death Facts! It arrived in 1348.
It was also known as the Bubonic Plague
It was from infected rats from ships.
It spread as people brought ships of goods to new countries.
Around half of the whole population of Europe died. 5
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You have thirty seconds to remember these facts without writing them down!
When the timer is up, write down everything you can remember!
Achievement points for 4 or more!

6. It arrived in 1348.
It was also known as the Bubonic Plague
It was from infected rats from ships.
It spread as people brought ships of goods to new countries.
Around half of the whole population of Europe died.

7. Cut a hole in your skull to let out the evil spirits!
Kill all the cats and dogs in the town!!
Drink a glass of your own wee twice a day!!
Sit in a sewer! The bad smells will leave no room for the Black Death smells.
Slice the boils open, squeeze out the poison, then cover the wound with POO! 5
Place a live hen next to the swelling to draw out the illness from the body.
What links all of these??
They are all cures people tried!
Describe medieval medicine in your own words!

8. Medicine… People soon realised they knew very little about Medicine!
Nobody knew what caused the Black Death and not a single person in Britain knew how to cure it if you caught it!
One of the effects of the Black Death then was that people realised old medicines were rubbish and needed to be changed!

9. You now have ten minutes to fill in your table!
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10. How useful is this source to a historian investigating the consequences of the Black Death?
Writing frame
The source is useful because it shows us...
This supports my own knowledge because...
However, the source is not very useful as it does not tell me about...
As the source is a photograph taken recently …
In my opinion this source is/n’t useful because...
The remains of a Medieval village just outside Manchester.
The entire population of nearly 300 died of Black Death within one week. 5
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11. Plenary Write down: Two things you’ve learnt
One thing you’d like to know more about