• The Black Death - Scavenger Hunt

    Students will use the links below to answer questions regarding the Black Death.  Students should copy and paste the questions below and insert their answers underneath each question in Italics.  Once completed, students must save their work, either to One Drive or to their desktop.  Students must upload the document into Teams to earn credit for this assignment.

     

    Link - https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Black-Death/574643

    1. During what time period did the Black Death take place?
    2. How did people contract the diease?
    3. Find a map that shows the extent of the epidemic.  Attach below.

    Link - https://historyforkids.org/the-black-death/

    4. List 3 symptoms of the Black Plague.

    5. Find a picture of a Black Plague doctor.

    6. List 3 cures that people believed would cure them of the plague.

    Link - https://kids.kiddle.co/Black_Death

    7. About how many people died of the Black Plague?

    8.  What word was created during this time, meaning to "isolate individuals from a group due to illness"?

    9. Based on historians' findings, what group of people were most affected by the plague?

    Link - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zjrhn9q#z6r8xg8

    (Scroll down to the video and watch.  All answers in this section are found in the video)

    10.  What was inside the doctor's mask to help him "breathe better"?

    11.  Which area of Leith was the most affected by the Plague?

    12.  In what year did researchers find the actual cause of the Black Plague?

    Link - https://kids.kiddle.co/Bubonic_plague

    13. True or False: The Black Plague has since vanished from the Earth.  No one today gets sick from bacteria anymore.

    14. True or False: There has only been one Black Plague in history.

    15. __________ used the fleas carrying the Black Plague during World War 2 to bomb their enemies.