Do Now – Wednesday, September 4th

Happy Haiku Hump-Day!Create a haiku about the Middle

Ages5 syllables7 syllables5 syllables

Inspirational History September 4, 1951– President Truman

makes the first transcontinental television broadcast

“The Monster Inside Me” http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFO2iepmtjU

“We see death coming into our midst like black smoke, a plague which cuts off the young, a rootless phantom which has no mercy or fair countenance. Woe is me…It is an ugly eruption that comes with unseemly haste. It is a grievous ornament that breaks out in a rash. The early ornaments of black death.”

The Black Death Comes to Europe

The Bubonic Plague Plague – contagious disease that spreads

quickly and infects large numbers of people

Epidemic – outbreak of rapid-spreading disease

Pandemic – epidemic of infectious disease that has spread through human populations across a large region

Black Death – specific outbreak of bubonic plague in 14th century

Read the article about The Black Death and answer the questions below in your notebook

1. In complete sentences, trace the path of the plague from its origin to final destination.

2. Where did the plague start in Europe? 3. How did the Bubonic Plague come into

Europe? 4. How were cities ideal breeding grounds for

the plague? 5. Why did the Black Death inspire such fear? 6. How did the Black Death lead to social

disorder?

Events That Changed the World – The Black Death

The Path of the Plague

Events That Changed the World – The Black Death

The Path of the PlagueOriginated in China

Into Black Sea ports to SicilySpread through Italy into rest of Europe

Events That Changed the World – The Black Death

Appears in Europe

Events That Changed the World – The Black Death

Appears in EuropeFirst appears in Sicily and Italy

Events That Changed the World – The Black Death

Gets into Europe

Events That Changed the World – The Black Death

Gets into EuropeRats carried infected fleas

Rats came over on merchant shipsFleas bit infected rats which then bit humans

Events That Changed the World – The Black Death

Breeding Grounds

Events That Changed the World – The Black Death

Breeding GroundsHouses close together

Garbage & human waste in the streetsRats & fleas commonplace in homes of rich & poor

alike

Events That Changed the World – The Black Death

The Spread of Fear

Events That Changed the World – The Black Death

The Spread of FearHighly contagious

No cure

Events That Changed the World – The Black Death

Social Disorder

Events That Changed the World – The Black Death

Social DisorderCrops rotted

Peasants revoltedSurvivors lived in fear of outbreaks

DEATH DOCTOR

Buboes

Necrosis

The Plague in Siena Rowmasters…please pass down the

reading “Plague in Siena” After you read the first-hand account of

the plague in the city of Siena, answer the following questions:

1. What horrors did the author, Agnolo di Tura, witness as the plague

ravaged the city?

What’s That Paper For?

Black Death “Hollaback Girl”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZy6XilXDZQ

Black Death Newspaper Students will be assigned groups of three

to create a Medieval newspaper Students must write their articles from the

point of view of someone living in 14th century Europe

Each paper should have: News Story – what happened at certain time &

how people reacted Editorial – opinions and author takes a position

on where it came from and how it ended Feature Article – more broad and explains how

the path of the of the disease and how it spread