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3 Using this picture guess what the new topic is ?

4 Another Clue!

5 It is August 1348. In the village of It is August 1348. In the village of Melton the days work is ending. Melton the days work is ending. William Brewer puts his scythe William Brewer puts his scythe over his shoulder and heads for over his shoulder and heads for home. For the last four days all of the villeins on the manor of Melton have been harvesting the Bishop of Winchester’s wheat. William looks at the evening sky. He is pleased. One more fine day will finish the Bishop’s work. Then he can bring in his own grain. Story time – all you have to do is listen!

6 William walks slowly William walks slowly down the dusty track down the dusty track which leads to the which leads to the village. He passes the dismal house of mad Agnes, the lonely old woman that some people say is a witch. The door is open, a fire smokes but the house is empty. As William enters the village he sees a small group of people standing in front of the church. They are listening to Hugh Barley, the Melton carpenter. Their faces are troubled…

7 Hugh is back from Winchester where he is helping to build the new Cathedral. He has returned with strange worrying news. Winchester is full of rumours of a terrible plague which is sweeping through Europe. People say that the plague started in the east when frogs, snakes and scorpions fell from the sky. They say that it is spread by the wind. No one can escape!

8 In the towns and villages of Europe bodies lie in the streets. There is no one to bury the dead. The smell of rotting corpses is everywhere. People avoid each other. Parents turn away from their children. William listens but does not believe, Hugh is always returning from Winchester with wild stories. No wonder it is taking so long to build the cathedral!! By the time William reaches his cottage he has forgotten the stories. It is almost dark now…

9 Above the fire the evening meal simmers in the pot. His wife Mary is carding wool by the fire. His three children sleep soundly on a pile of straw in the corner. William sits down to eat with his wife. Seven weeks later William Brewer will be eating alone.

10 The villagers of Melton never finished the harvest in 1348. By the end of September the crops lay rotting in the field. All work had stopped on Winchester Cathedral. Mad Agnes had been stoned to death. William Brewers wife and three children lay in a shallow grave in Melton churchyard.

11 This story is based on what really happened. It was the most terrible thing which happened to people in the middle ages. In this enquiry you are going to find out how this terrible disease changed peoples lives. You will write your own historical story about what happened to William Brewer and the people of Melton…… Just imagine how scared we were

12 You will need four sections or chapters. We will do work on each section in class but you will need to write this up in neat as your new home study. 1) Introduction, the arrival and effects of the Black Death. 2) What people thought caused it and how they tried to cure it. 3) What they did about it. 4) What life was like afterwards.


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