Two lessons - Black Death and Public Health

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This PowerPoint is detailed and incorporates English, Geography, and Science
You can use this over two lessons - depending on your class
I try to use pictures where I can, to appeal to those students who find lots of text too challenging

Worksheet 1 - This can be used for students to write on with additional information about the sources.

Slide 1 - Title page
Slide 2 - Starter - Dictionary work
Slide 3 - Supplementary starter if you don't have access to dictionaries for your students.
Slide 4 - Map reading skills about the spread of the Black Death - four questions
Slide 5 - So…what IS Black Death from a bacterial point of view and how did it spread?
Slide 6 - Affects of the Black Death on the body - with pictures
Slide 7 - Students attempt to evaluate the reasons why Black Death was able to spread - using information about the state of Medieval towns.
Slide 8 - Who/what was blamed for the Black death?
Slide 9 - Dealing with the Black Death
Slide 10 - Consequences of the Black Death
Slide 11 - Source - Boccaccio's 'The plague of Florence In 1348’ - This can be a GCSE question you set in class at the end of lesson 2 (or at the end of lesson 1 if your get through the whole PowerPoint).
Slide 12 - Source - From the Dance of Death by Michael Wolgemut (1493) - This can be the homework to set for your students.