starter – fill in the starter sheet, work in pairs if you wish
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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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