Murder Mystery
• You live in London England and the year is
1350. People have recently been dying all
around you with no cause or stop in sight.
• You must read the play and determine the
cause of the illness
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The Black Death
The Bubonic Plague
Aim: Determine the impact of the
Bubonic Plague
Do Now: don’t worry about the do-now
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Increase in Trade
• During the 1200’s trade
between countries started
to increase
• Goods started to travel with
Muslim traders to China,
Africa and Europe
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Bubonic Plague
• Bubonic Plague (Black
Death) is a highly
Contagious Disease
• The Black Plague started out
in China in the 1330’s.
• Spread by fleas on rats
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Quiz Tomorrow
• The Black Plague
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homework.
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The Plague Arrives
Fleas on Rats
in China are
infected
Plague
Sweeps
across
Europe
Traders bring
infection to the
Middle East
Muslim traders
bring the Plague to
Italy and Africa
• Epidemic- outbreak of a disease that spreads
quickly and affects a lot of people
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Buboes – swollen lumps in the groin,
Neck, or armpit
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What are the symptoms of the plague?
Effects of the Plague
Population
Loss
Economic Decline
Social and political
change
Confusion and
Disorder
35 million
Chinese died
Workers died
leading to
economic decline
Feudalism
Declined
People started to
question their
faith
25 million
Europeans
were killed
Trade was
disrupted
Workers who did
7,000 people a not die
day died in
demanded higher
Cairo, Egypt
wages causing
prices to rise
Monarchs
gain
power
Some turned to
witch craft
Jews were
thought to of
started the
plague causing
their persecution
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Medieval Cure #1 (do not write
anything just check it out)
• The swellings should be softened with figs and cooked
onions. The onions should be mixed with yeast and butter.
Then open the swellings with a knife.
• If the swellings burst and the poison came out people
sometimes survived. It seemed sensible to draw out the
poison.
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Medieval Cure #2 (do not write
anything)
• Take a live frog and put its belly on the plague
sore. The frog will swell up and burst. Keep
doing this with further frogs until they stop
bursting.
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Other Medieval Cures
• Rub the body with melted butter.
• Tie a small bag of garlic around your neck. The smell would keep the
plague away.
• Go to church and ask for forgiveness.
• Avoid breathing in the same air as a plague victim.
• Sit next to a blazing hot fire.
• Brick or board up houses with the sick inside.
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Can I get the plague today?
• The Bubonic Plague did not
go away. It still exists,
everywhere in the world. It is
quite common among rodent
populations – rats of course,
but squirrels, rabbits and
skunks as well.
• We have a cure for it, but it is
a fast moving illness and
sometimes not recognized
fast enough.
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Exit Slip
• Writing a paragraph answer the following
questions
• With our increase in travel can a plague still
happen?
• What steps can we take to stop a plague?
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