The Black Death

	Black Death - Worksheets
1.	Introductory PowerPoint Go through each of the slides in this presentation, asking the students to raise their hands once they know what the connecting factor is between all the pictures. Then, go back through the presentation a second time elaborating on each picture to give an overview of the topic and engage student interest about the Black Death.
2.	Worksheet for the Schama Video I follow the Black Death PowerPoint by watching the first 15 minutes of "King Death" from Schama's "History of Britain". Student complete this simple worksheet as they watch.
3.	Symptoms of the Black Death Students order the symptoms of the Black Death into the correct chronological order, and then produce their own gruesome storyboard about the progress of the disease.
4.	Causes of the Black Death Students categorise primary sources about the Black Death into religious / superstitious and scientific causes.
5.	Cures for the Black Death Students have to categorise contemporary cures for the Black Death into religious / superstitious and scientific, then produce a piece of display work based on one of them.

	Black Death - Interactive Materials
6.	Spread of the Black Death / Concluding Assignment To be completed using... Flash Animation - Spread of the Black Death [Interactive] Students produce a written account about the spread of the Black Death, a graph to depict the data, and then have to produce a full written assignement consolidating their knowledge of the topic.
7.	Running Dictation Exercise - Consequences of the Black Death: The Peasants' Revolt [Interactive] A running dictation exercise. Students should follow it up by producing a biased newspaper report from either a pro-revolt or an anti-revolt perspective.
8.	KeyWord Challenge: Black Death [Interactive] If you are unfamiliar with the format of the game, click here for instructions.

Black Death - Worksheets