1. What was the Black Death? How were people affected?
It’s PLAGUE TIME!
Lesson Aims:
What was the Black Death?
What Caused it?
How were people affected?

2. One Person is chosen randomly for the Hot Seat (Mr / Mrs Black Death)
Each NEWS TEAM will create a set of questions to ask Mr or Mrs Black Death
There is a prize for the BEST NEWS TEAM
There is also a prize for the best INTERVIEWEE

3. In a pair design your own BLACK DEATH POSTER.
TASK 2:
In a pair design your own BLACK DEATH POSTER.
It should be from the Middle Ages
It should warn people about what they think is causing it
It should also tell people about how they can cure it
It should be colourful with pictures

4. The Black death was a terrible disease that killed 1/3rd of Europe’s population!
It started in ASIA and arrived in Europe in 1348

5. The Black death was really TWO PLAGUES!
THE 2 PLAGUES
The Black death was really TWO PLAGUES!
A Rash
Red and Black spots all over the body
A Fever – Hot & sweaty
Shaking 1
Caught from fleas from Rats
7 out of 10 would be dead in a week!
Boils (Buboes)– Under their armpits and behind their ears

6. 2 Awful Breath Caught by breathing in Germs or infected Air
Victims would be dead in days
Awful Breath
It would smell as if their lungs had rotted!
Coughing
The victim would cough up Blood spraying deadly germs

7. WE know now how the disease was caused… Why would they not have known?
QUESTION:
WE know now how the disease was caused… Why would they not have known?
They did not have the same KNOWLEDGE or TECHNOLOGY we have now.

8. What would THEY think caused the Disease?
BAD SMELLS
People thought bad smells caused disease
3. POISONED WELLS
People blamed outsiders like the JEWS for poisoning the water
2. PUNISHMENT BY GOD
People thought God was punishing them for being bad

9. How did they Treat the Black Death?
FLOWERS
They carried around Flowers to keep away bad smells!
2. MOVED
People moved to the countryside to stay away from people
3. VIOLENCE
Jews were often killed
4. RELIGION
People even Whipped themselves to show God punishment for their sins!

11. ?

12. Houses were very close together spreading disease quickly
There were no sewers so sewage was running in the streets, attracting rats
There was also animals and rubbish everywhere

13. THE IMPACT OF THE BLACK DEATH
BAD EFFECTS
Over 75 million people died in Europe
1 person in 3 would die in some areas
GOOD EFFECTS
There was more land and jobs for people due to people dying
People became slightly richer

14. TASK 1:
Complete questions 1-3 on page 65

15. In a pair design your own BLACK DEATH POSTER.
TASK 2:
In a pair design your own BLACK DEATH POSTER.
It should be colourful with pictures
It should have lots of detail including:
What the Black Death was
How Black death spread
What they thought caused it
How they tried to cure it