1. Bubonic Plague
The Bubonic Plague refers to a disease that wiped out 30-50% of Europeans during the 1300s. It was also called the Black Plague or Black Death.

2. Bubonic Plague
No one knew where it came from!!! Half of Europe died and chaos ensued. So many died, that it was common to see bodies in the streets and wagons and wheel barrows filled with dead bodies.

3. Bubonic Plague
Symptoms would appear 3-7 days after the infection. Initial symptoms are chills, fever, diarrhea, headaches, and swollen lymph nodes. The rate of mortality for bubonic plague is 50%. Sometimes, there is bleeding from the skin and other organs, which creates black patches on the skin. There are bite-like bumps on the skin, commonly red and sometimes white in the center.

4. Bubonic Plague Ring Around the Rosie…
Ring around the rosie = ring around the red bump
Pocket full of posie = herbs to keep you safe
Ashes, ashes, we all fall down = cremation of the dead

5. According to the map, where did the Plague come from?
Bubonic Plague
According to the map, where did the Plague come from?
Bacteria  Fleas  rats  people

6. Bubonic Plague
Bacteria  Fleas  rats  people
The Plague

7. Bubonic Plague
Bacteria  Fleas  rats  people
History of the Rat

8. Bubonic Plague
Bacteria  Fleas  rats  people
Pied Piper