What was the Black Death

What we learned last lesson?

Describe 3 significant things that you learned last lesson. Compare your three things in pairs List at least five significant things between you.

Your Findings • • • • • • • •

What were the houses like? What would they have been like to live in? What were the towns like? Why did disease spread so easily? Who tried to cure illnesses? Why could doctors do so little? Describe a medieval cure How effective do you think cures were?

In pairs, discuss 3 things you would like to learn about the Black Death. Write 3 questions you would like answered today.

Q1. Q2. Q3.

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What was the Black Death?

 What caused the Black Death?  What were the symptoms?  How was it spread? 

Q5. What were the medieval reasons it?

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Q5. What types of protection and cures did people try?

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Q6. What were the consequences of the Black Death?

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Q1. Q2. Q3.

Q4.

What was the Black Death?

 What caused the Black Death?  What were the symptoms?  How was it spread? 

Q5. What were the medieval reasons it?

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Q5. What types of protection and cures did people try?

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Q6. What were the consequences of the Black Death?

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Q1. Q2. Q3.

Q4.

What was the Black Death?

 What caused the Black Death?  What were the symptoms?  How was it spread? 

Q5. What were the medieval reasons it?

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Q5. What types of protection and cures did people try?

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Q6. What were the consequences of the Black Death?

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Skills • Work together to achieve targets

 • Improve listening skills  • Practice note taking

• Develop observation skills • Develop creativity skills

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Paired Task

Learning Together

1. Split page into 6 sections of 5 lines each Draw line then count down 5 lines & draw next line

2. Copy headings into your 6 sections: A Where did disease come from? How? Reached Britain when? B What was the Black Death? C Symptoms D Medieval reasons for disease E How to stop its spread F Consequences

Cures

What was the Black Death? • Black Rats - Rattus rattus

Symptoms of Black Death?

3. Task • Use p42 of ‘Medieval Britain’ • Use p58 of ‘History Through Maps and Diagrams to 1485’ • Make your own notes for sections A to C • • •

4. Group Task • Sort pictures into order of happening • Be able to give your reasons for putting them in that order

5. Whole Class • Listen carefully to me

Bad smells

• Complete section D of task sheet

Blamed cripples/rich

Position of planets

Jews

Bad southern wind

God’s punishment

6. Watch video • Complete section E of task sheet using information from video

7. Paired Task • Use books to complete section F

The Black Death – my learning Look at all the information you have learned in both lessons

Using any technique you wish show: •

what you have learned about the Black Death However, must be done as if you were actually there at the time

Pairs: 5 minutes to brainstorm ideas Ideas Newspaper article

Letter to MP Poem

Diary entry of your life cartoon Letter to family Poster/drawing

MP’s speech in Parliament

The Black Death – my learning Look at all the information you have learned in both lessons

Using any technique you wish show: •

what you have learned about the Black Death However, must be done as if you were actually there at the time

Q1. Q2. Q3.

Q4.

What was the Black Death?

 What caused the Black Death?  What were the symptoms?  How was it spread? 

Q5. What were the medieval reasons it?

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Q5. What types of protection and cures did people try?

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Q6. What were the consequences of the Black Death?

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Skills • Work together to achieve targets

 • Improve listening skills  • Practice note taking

• Develop observation skills • Develop creativity skills

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What have we learned today? Individual feedback • How do you know you have been successful today? • What was, in your opinion, the best activity? – Why?

• What worked well these lessons? • What might we do differently next time?

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