{"id":3574,"date":"2015-04-25T13:28:23","date_gmt":"2015-04-25T10:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=3574"},"modified":"2015-04-13T13:29:33","modified_gmt":"2015-04-13T10:29:33","slug":"the-black-death-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/year-7-history\/the-black-death-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"The Black Death – Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Black Death Cardgame<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Introduction<\/h2>\n

“What’s the Topic?” – Introductory PowerPoint<\/a>
\nThis series of images is designed to get students thinking about what the next topic might be. Complete with explanatory teacher notes.<\/p>\n

Starter Video: Overview of the Black Death<\/a>
\nThis online video clip [2m] provides a great flavour of the topic to get students interested!<\/p>\n

The Black Death is a popular subject of study with students.\u00a0This self-contained scheme of work<\/a>\u00a0contains a strong role-play element built around a diary that builds up over several lessons.<\/h3>\n

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Introduction “What’s the Topic?” – Introductory PowerPoint This series of images is designed to get students thinking about what the next topic might be. Complete with explanatory teacher notes. Starter Video: Overview of the Black Death This online video clip [2m] provides a great flavour of the topic to get students interested! The Black Death… <\/p>\n

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