Norman Conquest The aim of this lesson is to assess how scary the Black Death was in1348. Students are introduced to the idea of why the Black Death was so scary, learning about the symptoms of the Bubonic Plague and Pneumonic Plague and the devastation that lay in its wake from empty villages today to paintings showing devastation and death. They learn key words such as contagion, flagellants, humours and miasmas and how these words link to the learning objective through a thinking quilt. They will also find out how the peasants gained in status as a result of the reduction of the workforce and how this gave them more bargaining power with their landlords over wages. The plenary is a Black Death connecting wall which requires students to link four key phrases and to explain how and why they link together. This lesson is therefore designed to be interactive, fun, challenging and engaging and could be used over two lessons. The lesson is enquiry based with a key question using a lightbulb posed at the start of the lesson and revisited at the end using a rate ‘o’ meter to show the progress of learning. The resource is differentiated and gives suggested teaching strategies. It comes in PowerPoint format which can be amended and changed to suit.

An hour long, fully resourced KS3 lesson with PowerPoint, differentiated tasks throughout, worksheets, clip link and accompanying task focusing on an introduction to the Black Death, causes, cures and sources. Designed to meet Ofsted Good-Outstanding criteria by a experienced History teacher in a UK secondary school. If you like this pack, many more history lessons - both inexpensive and free can be found in our store: HISTORY GEEKS

Key Stage 3 lesson on the Black Death. In this lesson which is approximately 1 hour, we introduce the disease, the symptoms and practice some source interpretation as well. We start with an enquiry mystery around uncovering a plague pit where the pupils are given more and more information to try to work out what the story behind the burials might be. We then introduce the disease, its origins and how it is transmitted through watching a film clip. We then create an annotated diagram around the outline of a body. The pupils will listen to the symptoms of the Black Death at various stages throughout the illness of a victim. The slides have sound effects that the pupils always enjoy. We then look at a source from medieval times and the pupils answer the question about the sources usefulness. This is supported with a writing frame and some ideas to help the pupils. We then finish by playing the game “would you have survived the plague?”. Here the pupils choose numbers that correspond to actions a medieval person may take to help them avoid catching the plague. Some work and some don’t. In a nutshell included in the lesson is: Time team investigation starter around uncovering a plague pit Video clip on the origins of the plague and symptoms Annotated diagram task around the symptoms Source task for extended writing with writing frame “Would you survive the plague?” Bingo. Hope this saves you valuable planning time. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

Black Death History Escape Room - Looking in depth at this time period in Germany - Digital Escape Room for History Students KS3 . Escape Room is fully editable so you can chose to adapt the vocabulary if you want. Virtual Escape Room Exploring the Black death by Cre8tive Resources! This lasts an hour or under depending on how quick students can solve each puzzle! Students love this style of lesson, great as an educational treat for your class to start the year and engage them in some fun problem solving. C8/HIS/17 Each Escape Puzzle is designed by our History Specialist. Product Contents: ☞ Escape Room Interactive Tracker PowerPoint - Keeps the competitive nature on display ☞ Escape Room Puzzle Keys (Six Sets for Six Teams) ☞ Escape Room Team sheet - Record codes, answers clues as they progress through the 7 rooms ☞ Escape Room Puzzles (7 Rooms = 7 Different styles of Puzzles) ☞ Teacher Answer Sheet - Quickly confirm to teams they have solved the puzzle correctly ☞ Teacher instructions of how to set up the escape room and what to print and top tips and shortcuts. ☞ Successful Escape Certificates for those that complete the entire challenge (There is a difficult bonus escape too :) for any quick teams ☞ The 7 Rooms each have a specific Puzzle that has been adapted to suit the topic of this Escape Room and is suitable for English / Drama Students ✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ You may want to check out some of our other great HISTORY resources History Christmas Escape Quiz The Black Death Weimar and Nazi Germany Exploring Tudor England GCSE History - Medicine Through Time The Great War Escape room Fieldwork Student Revision Quiz Elizabethan England Vikings Task Cards World War Two - End of Unit Escape Room

The aim of the game is to stop The Black Death before it gets you! Players must use deduction skills, knowledge and understanding of The Plague from the 1400’s in England, (studied in class), to create a fun and engaging game that not only looks at how people may have behaved in the medieval period, but also a deeper comprehension of the feudal system in society at that time. The roles on the cards are named based on legitimate hierarchical positions in the medieval era including; King, Nobles, Vassals, Witch, Plague Doctors, Plague Infected Rats and Peasants. This card game can be adapted to the size of the class, ranging from 8 – 34 students and played for as long as you like. Have the students sit in a large circle so all can see each other and a narrator (teacher or well versed/creative student on the topic of The Black Death). **In this package, you will receive A4 printouts of the cards (double sided for convienience and reduce printing costs), the instructions of the game and the script for the narrator to use. **

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. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

This lesson on the consequences of the Black Death is an hour long, fully resourced lesson with powerpoint, differentiated tasks throughout, worksheets, clip link and accompanying task focusing on the economic, religious and social consequences of the Black Death and sources. It can be used as part of our Black Death and Medieval Life topics also available in our TES shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/History_Geeks Designed to meet Ofsted Good-Outstanding criteria by a experienced History teacher in a UK secondary school. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/History_Geeks

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. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. 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. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. More free or inexpensive lessons are available TES shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

PowerPoint lesson on The Black Death in the Middle Ages, including causes, symptoms and consequences.

7 Lessons with PowerPoints, worksheets, starters and plenaries, success criteria and teachers notes. Written for SEN KS3 students, this scheme of work would last my students a short term as some lessons may go over into two. Written for SEN students it is very bright,colourful and animated, appealing to visual learners who may struggle with engagement. This topic introduces KS3 students to studying resources, recognising the difference between a primary and secondary resource… then later on answering given questions on resources with the support of sentence starters. Formative teacher assessment to be carried out throughout the topic, with an assessment at the end to assess how much students have remembered throughout the term.

This lesson investigates what caused of the Black Death in the eyes of the medieval people and in reality. It also looks at the symptoms that the people had to endure. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. 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, investigation paired task, mini plenary, a consolidation source evaluation question and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

A variety of source and own knowledge questions for use with Year 7 as a Black Death assessment.

This lesson contains: A starter to get students talking about why diseases spread, and then hopefully they will apply that to this lesson about the Black Death. A background info slide about the spread of the plague. Students then use on-board images to discuss what actually caused the spread. There is a gap fill exercise which can be completed to consolidate the knowledge. An on-board discussion about how people attempted to stop the plague. Students are asked to complete a small, optional sheet (it could just be a discussion, up to you) with each, matching them with the associate image, then decide the the one that they think would work the most, and which would not. A few slides with sources about the impact the plague had on England. Students read and discuss what they think each author is saying about the impact. A card-sort activity where students are given lots of small statements about the plague and they have to separate them into positive and negatives. Then they choose the 3-4 best the write about in their books. This can then be extended into a writing task to make a judgement about whether the Black Death was terrible for everyone. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 1 x Word File 1 x Publisher File

Complete lesson, designed for KS3, on the consequences of the Black Death. This lesson is clear and engaging, with information, different activities and educational videos. Direction is provided within the powerpoint for assistance.

Symptoms and cures

Written to provide a detailed and narrative history of the consequences of the Black Death the worksheet includes anecdotal information not contained in standard textbooks to enrich the narrative. There are comprehension questions, source based questions and an opportunity for extended writing at the end all of which can be adapted and differentiated.

A engaging research lesson on the Black Death Print worksheet on A3 paper and get students to research questions then create a diary entry/create a leaflet using the information they have found.