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The Black Death
How would you describe the mood of the painting?
What are the people carrying in the painting?
Cornell Notes
Each person in your group will be assigned one topic of the Plague: Introduction; Spread and Impact; European Response; and Effects.
Assign roles and read the documents and complete your section of the Cornell Notes to share with your group.
Introduction
Greatest disaster
Caused by Yesenia Pestis (bacteria)
Can infect blood (septicemic); lungs (pneumonic); lymph nodes (bubonic)
Spread by fleas on rats
Moved from Asia to Europe
25-50% mortality rate
Spread and Impact of the Black Death 1346-1351
Came from Asia on trade routes
Once it reached port cities, it moved inland quickly
About 1 in 3 people you know died
Worse in urban areas (because there were more rats)
Wealthy people died at a lower rate (because there were less rats and had better nutrition)
There was no connection between sanitation and disease
All treatments were fruitless
Response to Black Death
No germ theory
There was no connection between sanitation and disease
Some doctors refused to treat patients
Blamed the supernatural
Flagellants – punished themselves
Scapegoats – blaming Jews and killing them
Effects
Survivors inherited wealth/average wealth increased
Breakdown of feudalism/labor shortages
Changes in medical studies and practices
Bellwork
Please take out your Black Death Notes from yesterday.
Current Event presenter… PREPARE!
PSA
Students will create a “Public Service Announcement Poster” that may could have appeared during the middle ages.
public service announcement is a message in the public interest with the objective of raising awareness, changing public attitudes and behavior towards a social issue.
Should focus on symptoms, spread, prevention of the disease