1. The Black Death

2.  How would you describe the mood of the painting?  What are the people carrying in the painting?

3. Cornell Notes  Each person in your group will be assigned one topic of the Plague: Introduction; Spread and Impact; European Response; and Effects.  Assign roles and read the documents and complete your section of the Cornell Notes to share with your group.

4. Introduction  Greatest disaster  Caused by Yesenia Pestis (bacteria)  Can infect blood (septicemic); lungs (pneumonic); lymph nodes (bubonic)  Spread by fleas on rats  Moved from Asia to Europe  25-50% mortality rate

5. Spread and Impact of the Black Death  1346-1351  Came from Asia on trade routes  Once it reached port cities, it moved inland quickly  About 1 in 3 people you know died  Worse in urban areas (because there were more rats)  Wealthy people died at a lower rate (because there were less rats and had better nutrition)  There was no connection between sanitation and disease  All treatments were fruitless

6. Response to Black Death  No germ theory  There was no connection between sanitation and disease  Some doctors refused to treat patients  Blamed the supernatural  Flagellants – punished themselves  Scapegoats – blaming Jews and killing them

7. Effects  Survivors inherited wealth/average wealth increased  Breakdown of feudalism/labor shortages  Changes in medical studies and practices

8. Bellwork  Please take out your Black Death Notes from yesterday.  Current Event presenter… PREPARE!

9. PSA  Students will create a “Public Service Announcement Poster” that may could have appeared during the middle ages.  public service announcement is a message in the public interest with the objective of raising awareness, changing public attitudes and behavior towards a social issue.  Should focus on symptoms, spread, prevention of the disease