PPT-The Black Death 1347 - 1351

The Culprits What caused the plague The question that you are probably thinking is this Q Who or what caused the Black Death A This is your answer The Oriental Rat Flea. The . Black Death. was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history.. The pathogen responsible is the . Yersinia pestis. bacterium. . Thought to have started in China, it travelled along the Silk Road and reached the Crimea by 1346.. Examine the picture, then answer these questions in your book.. How does this picture portray the Black Death ? Is it accurate ? How is it useful to us in studying the disease?. The title is Triumph of Death – what did the artist mean?. Seraya Al Kaabi 6A. Who ?. The Black death is a name that was given to a disease that was spread by flees on rats.. The name symbolizes the color that the boils were. These would erupt and death was quick.. Death. standard 7.6.7. Yersinia pestis. , the bacterium that causes plague.. Symptoms of plague:. chills. fever. diarrhea. slimy, blood-flecked sputum. disgusting odors—breath, etc.. buboes. Death in four to seven days.. The Black Plague. The black plague. In this lesson, students will be able to identify the cause and effect of The Black Plague. In this lesson, students will be able to identify and/or define the following terms. The . Causes. The Symptoms. Buboe. Dark Blotches on Skin. Spread of Black Death in Asia. 1346: . Plague Reaches . Caffa. !. The Spread of the Plague (1347-1351). Attempts to Stop the Plague. A Doctor’s Robe. Infected places....................................................................................2 , 3. Where it comes from......................................................................4. Symptoms..................................................................................5 , 6. The Famine of 1315-1317. By 1300 Europeans were farming almost all the land they could cultivate.. A population crisis developed.. Climate changes in Europe produced three years of crop failures between 1315-17 because of excessive rain.. Key Questions. There are three questions that will be answered while completing this lesson:. What is the Black Death? . What caused the Black Death? . What were the consequences? . The Real Cause. Now that you have investigated various exhibits about the Black Death, the real cause of it was the . THINK, PAIR, SHARE. USE FOR THE VIDEO. THE BLACK DEATH. What social and economic effects did the Black Death have on Europe?. A . great plague . known as the . Black Death. , the most devastating natural disaster in European . Pestis. The Black Death (Bubonic Plague). Origins of the Plague. Began in Asia (the Mongols) and traveled through trade routes to the Middle East and eventually Europe. Battle at . K. affa. Hit Sicily first (1347) – Boat of Dead People Arrives. The plague is believed to have arrived in Europe in 1347 during the month of October. . Those who had gathered to greet the ship were surprised to find most of the crew dead, or ill. . Eww. , get them out of here.. 9. - The Black Death. Preview. The Black Death Spread . Quickly. - . Plagues, infectious diseases that spread among a large population of people, were not uncommon in the Middle Ages. Once rooted in Europe, the Black Death spread quickly and efficiently through the population. Source 1: The Black Death and Society. "One citizen avoided another, hardly any neighbor troubled about others, relatives never or hardly ever visited each other. Moreover, such terror was struck into the hearts of men and women by this calamity, that brother abandoned brother, and the uncle his nephew, and the sister her brother, and very often the wife her husband. What is even worse and nearly incredible is that fathers and mothers refused to see and tend their children, as if they had not been theirs. There were thousands of instances where parents left their children suffering from the Black Death so they, the parents, could be saved. Thus, a multitude of sick men and women were left without any care.