Black Death: conducting a public enquiry

This lesson worked well for small groups (four or five pupils) using the sheets to investigate different aspects of the Black Death. The groups use the information sheets (handed out sequentially, and when the groups have adequately explained their thinking for each section of the report they are writing) to fill in their “public enquiry” being conducted on behalf of the real 1348 Archbishop of Canterbury designate, John de Ufford. The focus is on scaffolded worksheets, so this could also work well as a cover lesson if there’s a shortage of specialist teacher input.