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