1. Warm up pg.269
Define and sketch an illustration for each: Black Death,epidemic, inflation

2. DO NOW Copy and answer the following in YOUR NOTEBOOK:
1)List rights we have under 1st amendment
2)What does 2nd amendment give us the right to?
3)Amendment protects against cruel and unusual punishment?

3. Imagine, that a mere five days after having read this that all of your best friends have come down with an illness which cannot be explained. Imagine also, that all the people who live on your street have died under similar circumstances in the same amount of time. What are you doing to do? How do you feel? What are thinking ??

4. Plague= Contagious disease that spreads quickly and infects a large number of people

5. Black Death How did it spread to Europe?
Early 1300’s- Rats spread plague in crowded Chinese cities
Fleas jumped on traders traveling west
Asia-Middle East- Europe
1347-Trading ships docked on coast of Sicily
1348- Reached Spain/ France

8. How is it spread?
Spread by bacteria carried by fleas on rats
Fleas--Rats---Humans
Epidemic: outbreak of rapid spreading disease

9. Results of Black Death Terror/ Had no scientific explanation
God’s wrath/punishment
People fled cities/hid in their homes
Blamed Jews

10. More Results Economy declined Workers/employers died=population died
Survivors demanded higher wages
Cost of Labor increases= Inflation
Inflation- rising prices
Peasant revolts

11. Review How did the Black Death spread to Europe?
How did Europeans react to the Black Death?
What were the effects of the Black Death

12. Assignment
Using your notes, create a Doctor’s Warning Flyer to inform people about the Black DEATH!!
Include : CAUSES
Symptoms
EFFECTS