1. Warm Up
What are some epidemics (diseases that kill a lot of people) that we have today? SAT Word of the Day: Benevolent (adj)- to be friendly or helpful

2. What does the children’s game “Ring Around the Rosy” have to do with the Middle Ages?

3. The Children Ring a-round the rosy = rosary beads give you God’s help
Pocket full of posies = used to stop the odor of rotting bodies thought to cause the plague
Ashes, ashes! = the church burned the dead when burying became too difficult
We all fall down! = dead

4. Answer Guided Questions as we go along with notes today

5. What was the Black Death?
A devastating epidemic from
About 75 million people died (1/3 of Europe and China’s population)

6. More horrible histories (Bottom of Notes)
As you are watching, jot down some things they pointed out about the black plague
Who’s the man in the crow nose?
What were some of the home remedies they tried to use?
Who/what did they think caused the Black Plague?

7. 3 Forms of the Disease Bubonic Plague- painful lymph node swellings
Septicemic Plague (also called “blood poisoning)- attacked the blood system
Pneumonic Plague- attacked the respiratory system

8. The Bubonic Plague Mortality Rate: 30-75 % Painful lymph node swelling
Oozing pus and blood
Dark blotches  Black Death!
Mortality Rate: %
Once it explodes, death soon follows

9. The Septicemic Plague Attacked the blood system
Skin turns deep shades of purple (almost black) The Black Death
Mortality Rate: close to 100%.

10. The Pneumonic Plague 2nd most commonly seen form of the Black Death
Airborne transmission
Infected the lungs
Mortality Rate : 90-95%

11. What caused the Black Plague?
Remember PERCEPTION vs. REALITY??? What is the difference?

12. Perception
People living in the Middle Ages thought that God was punishing them for their sins so he sent the plague down to kill them
Religion controlled everything
No scientific reasoning behind this theory

13. But this is what ACTUALLY caused the Black Plague (REALITY)

14. The Disease Cycle Human is infected!
Flea drinks rat blood that carries the bacteria.
Bacteria
multiply in
flea’s gut.
Human is infected!
Flea bites human and puts infected blood into human wound.
Flea’s gut clogged with bacteria.

15. The Path of the Plague Started in Asia
Spread by merchants on trade routes
Spread throughout Europe
Lasted 3 years
Passing through
Italy
France
England
Germany
Denmark

16. Efforts to stop the Plague
Scents - incense and aromatic oils
Sound – church bells
Isolation of incoming ships
Quarantine of sick people
Self-flogging to punish yourself for sins

17. Who was affected the most?
People living in cities
Wealthy fled to the countryside (Isaac Newton)
Why would the city be the most affected? Hint: Think about the ways in which the countryside differs from the city?

18. What were the effects of the Black Death??

19. Effects
Workers who survived could demand more money and fair treatment
Oversupply of goods  prices dropped
Quality of life rises for the people who survived

20. And Now? The bubonic Plague still exists
Pictures of a man who survived the black plague

21. Homework
Honors: Black Death Document Based Questions (DBQ)

22. Project time!!!!!!

23. Project Criteria (3 classes)
In groups of 4, you will design and create a board game about the black death
Must include:
Title
Objective
Rules
Visuals
Manipulatives (objects for players to move around the board)
FOLLOW DIRECTIONS AND RUBRIC