2.  Turn to your neighbor and brainstorm ideas for… What the “Black Death” or “Black Plague” is.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7 OWLohZ_fs

3.  Fever, headache, weakness, aches in leg/groin, white tongue, rapid pulse, slurred speech, confusion.  Swelling, bleeding under skin, blackened skin.  “Death dances”  75-200 million people dead  30-60% of Europe’s population dead  Took Europe 150 years to recover  “Ring around the Rosy” – about the plague!

4.  Read the eye witness account of the black plague and answer the following questions on your “Black Plague” note guide. › What were some signs that you had the plague? › Give some examples of how people reacted to the sickness. › What were mass burials? Give specific details.

9.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=my 0d6yFLGGQ

10.  You are a peasant living in the middle ages. You just found out you were diagnosed with the Black Plague! Write a diary entry about your thoughts and feelings on this matter. › What symptoms are you showing so far? › How does your family feel? › How do you feel? › What are you dreading? › What are you going to do?

11.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc EllXY76W4

12.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv0 dKdhdRpM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv0 dKdhdRpM  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA 6nij1kdjE&list=PL2A1950B3183CBCD7&ind ex=7

13.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xff4 Z5xMMro&list=PL2A1950B3183CBCD7&ind ex=3