LIVE LESSONS on The Black Death for KS3 History

In this resource there are 15 lessons that cover:

When and what was the Black Death?
What was the actual cause of the disease?
How was it able to spread so easily and quickly?
What did medieval people think caused the illness?
What were the Four Humours?
How were people treated whose Humours were believed to be out of balance?
How did medieval people try and treat / cure the Black Death?
Why were certain treatments used?
How did people try and prevent themselves from catching the disease?
How did the Black Death impact England?
Why did the Peasants Revolt?
What happened during the Peasants’ Revolt?
Did the Peasants’ Revolt change anything?
What have we learnt this half term? (Recap and recall lesson)

The lessons are specifically designed to be taught as ‘live lessons’ via Microsoft Teams and have a mix of teacher led content delivery and student consolidation. They are taking me approxiamately 40-45 minutes to complete. Each lesson begins with a ‘Start Now’ task wherein students revisit prior learning so as to recap knowledge gained in previous lessons and topics (prior to lockdown). Each lesson ends with a ‘Check point’ so as to embed knowledge gained during the lesson.

The tasks are suitably chunked and feedback can easily be taken from students throughout each lesson by using the chat feature of live meetings on Teams so as to gage student understanding and address any misconceptions.

I have editted these lessons from my previously uploaded SoW on The Black Death and Peasants Revolt based on the new Pearson ‘Exploring History: Monarchs, Monks and Migrants’ textbook.