This lesson investigates how people tried to cure themselves and others of the Black Death - from the magical and spiritual to the science and common sense, students will gain an insight into medieval thinking.
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It is differentiated where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, venn diagram with sort cards, mini plenary, a consolidation task and a plenary.
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Gives a solid overview of the various medieval treatments for the Black Death, and encourages critical thinking around the historical and social reasons for these treatments. The tasks link really well with the sources and supporting video.
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