The Black Death: What Were the Impacts?

Key Stage 3 Lesson which is approximately one hour long, but can be extended into two lessons. We start with a quick retrieval practice starter. The pupils then take part in a reading activity to set the scene for what post-plague England was like in 1350. We then look at the types of impact the plague had on England. The pupils are given various quotes about the impacts and they are asked to classify them in a number of ways including, social, economic, political, positive and negative, long-term and short-term. They also grade them according to their seriousness. We then briefly look at the Statute of Labourers 1351 before the pupils completing a podium analysis. Here the pupils arrange the types of people onto a podium to show who came out on top after the Black Death.

In a nutshell the lesson includes:

Retrieval practice starter
Class reading activity
Classifying the impacts activity using worksheet
Discussion task using the Statute of Labourers 1351
Podium Analysis: Who benefited most after the Black Death
Emoji Plenary.

Hope this saves valuable planning time.

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