Starter – Fill in the starter sheet, work in pairs if you wish

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Lesson Title:What was the Black

Death?

To know how people were infected by the Black Death

To understand the symptoms of the Black

Death

Skills: note taking, selecting and recalling information, listening

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Plague bearing Bacillus bacteria

Fleas bite infected host. Carry bacteria in their blood stream Bacteria causes the flea to be incredibly hungry

Rats carry the fleas, help spread the plagueFlea bites ratRat diesFleas need to find new host to feed off

Rats fed off rubbish brought rats close to humans

Humans – new hostSpread the plague when it mutated into the Pneumonic Plague by coughing and sneezing

Task One

Note down this diagram in your book

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What were the symptoms of the Bubonic Plague?

Day 1Swellings (buboes) appearing in the armpits, groin or neck

Day 2Vomiting and fever

Day 3

Bleeding under the skin, which looks like severe bruising

Day 4Severe spasms – crunching up then wanting to straighten out

Day 5If a person survive this far then the buboes will burst and black fluid oozes out. Then they might survive

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Task Two

Read through the cards showing the symptoms of the Bubonic Plague

Cut them out and stick down in the correct order in your exercise book

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Task Three

Copy out the following diagram into your book

Add details about the bubonic and pneumonic plagues using the information on page 62 of the text book to help you

The Black Death

Plague

Bubonic Plague• Was spread

by...

Pneumonic Plague• Was spread by...

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Plenary

What did people think caused the Black Death in 1348?

• Sent by god to punish people for their sins• Caused by the movement of

stars and planets • Bad smells (miasma) and

dirty streets• Being close to infected

people• The Jews poisoning the

water

More on this next lesson!

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