Murder Mystery

• You live in London England and the year is 1350. People have recently been dying all around you with no cause or stop in sight.

• You must read the play and determine the cause of the illness

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The Black Death The Bubonic Plague

Aim: Determine the impact of the Bubonic Plague

Do Now: don’t worry about the do-now

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Increase in Trade

• During the 1200’s trade between countries started to increase

• Goods started to travel with Muslim traders to China, Africa and Europe

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Bubonic Plague

• Bubonic Plague (Black Death) is a highly Contagious Disease

• The Black Plague started out in China in the 1330’s.

• Spread by fleas on rats

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Quiz Tomorrow

• The Black Plague– You can go over the PPT independently as

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The Plague Arrives

• Epidemic- outbreak of a disease that spreads quickly and affects a lot of people

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Fleas on Rats in China are

infected

Muslim traders bring the Plague to

Italy and Africa

Traders bring infection to the

Middle East

Plague Sweeps across Europe

What are the symptoms of the plague?

Buboes – swollen lumps in the groin,Neck, or armpit

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Effects of the Plague

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Population Loss

Economic Decline Social and political change

Confusion and Disorder

35 million Chinese died

25 million Europeans were killed

7,000 people a day died in Cairo, Egypt

Workers died leading to economic decline

Trade was disrupted

Workers who did not die demanded higher wages causing prices to rise

Feudalism Declined

Monarchs gain power

People started to question their faith

Some turned to witch craft

Jews were thought to of started the plague causing their persecution

Medieval Cure #1 (do not write anything just check it out)

• The swellings should be softened with figs and cooked onions. The onions should be mixed with yeast and butter. Then open the swellings with a knife.

• If the swellings burst and the poison came out people sometimes survived. It seemed sensible to draw out the poison.

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Medieval Cure #2 (do not write anything)

• Take a live frog and put its belly on the plague sore. The frog will swell up and burst. Keep doing this with further frogs until they stop bursting.

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Other Medieval Cures• Rub the body with melted butter.• Tie a small bag of garlic around your neck. The smell would keep the

plague away.• Go to church and ask for forgiveness.• Avoid breathing in the same air as a plague victim.• Sit next to a blazing hot fire. • Brick or board up houses with the sick inside.

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Can I get the plague today?• The Bubonic Plague did not

go away. It still exists, everywhere in the world. It is quite common among rodent populations – rats of course, but squirrels, rabbits and skunks as well.

• We have a cure for it, but it is a fast moving illness and sometimes not recognized fast enough.

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Exit Slip

• Writing a paragraph answer the following questions

• With our increase in travel can a plague still happen?

• What steps can we take to stop a plague?

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