Name: Date: Global 9/Period: Black Death Inquiry

9th Grade Black Death Inquiry

Can Disease Change the World?

Map depicting the spread of the Black Death. Created for the New York K-12 Social Studies Toolkit by Agate Publishing.

Supporting Questions1. What was the Black Death?

2. How did the Black Death spread?

3. How did the Black Death affect people in the 14th century?

INTRODUCTION:

Visit the Black Death Inquiry page on my website (https://goo.gl/zgmIDZ)

and watch the videos that introduce this investigation.

Then follow the steps to complete the investigation.

Supporting Question #1:

What was the Black Death?DIRECTIONS: Using the documents, write a description of the Black Death including its symptoms and what the people of the Middle Ages believed caused the disease.

Supporting Question #2:

How did the Black Death spread?DIRECTIONS: Using the documents and the map below trace the route Black Death took to spread to Europe. Use the box to make a key, if necessary. On the lines below, describe how the disease was able to spread.

Supporting Question #3:

How did the Black Death affect people in the 14th century?

DIRECTIONS: Using the documents create a list of the political, social and economic affects of the Black Death.

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Can a disease change the world?DIRECTIONS: Using what you have learned from the previous tasks and your knowledge of Global History, construct an argument that addresses the inquiry question above while focusing on the impact of the Black Death.  Use specific claims and relevant evidence from historical sources while acknowledging competing views that people had about the nature of the Black Death in the 14th century.