The Black Death The Great Mortality Bubonic Plague (Reading & Questions)

The Black Death

Prepare to be surprised and delighted! This product contains fascinating informational text exploring the "Black Death" also called the "The Great Mortality" or the Black Death. This product also has excellent maps, quotes and pictures to aid in your students’ ability to learn about this most horrific catastrophe of the Middle Ages. This product also explains how the plague shaped our modern world.

The product explains the following: the plague was a bacterium called yersinia pestis, the plague originated in China and spread across the world, the way the plague was transmitted, the rats and ticks, the three forms of plague, the signs symptoms and mortality, the spread of the plague across Europe, the effect the plague had on the economy and feudalism, the effect the plague had on art and literature, and the effect the plague had on the medieval church.

Included are all the documents (Word and pdf) you need to print off for hard copy or deliver in an e-learning format. This product would fit wonderfully into a blended learning plan or a close read lesson.

10 great review questions are at the end of the reading and of course answer key is included.

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