Curated OER
Breaking News English: Civil Rights Icon Rosa Parks Dies
For this English worksheet, learners read "Civil Rights Icon Rosa Parks Dies," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
Curated OER
Breaking News English: Zimbabwe's Homeless Ignored
In this English worksheet, students read "Zimbabwe's Homeless Ignored," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: The Path of the Black Death
The Black Death caused a radical alteration in population and dramatic changes in society. For this lesson, students will analyze maps, documents, and firsthand accounts to trace the effects of the Black Death in Europe.
C3 Teachers
C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Black Death
A learning module on the bubonic plague that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include what the Black Death was, how it...
Stanford University
Stanford History Education Group: The Black Death in Florence
[Free Registration/Login Required] Website with "reading like a historian" lessons about the Black Death in Florence for teachers using primary resources in the classroom.
Smart History
Smarthistory: The Black Death
Provides a description of the Black Death, its causes, and the social and economic upheaval caused by it. With links to additional resources.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: The Middle Ages: The Black Death
This lesson from a unit on Middle Ages British literature focuses on the Black Death or Black Plague. It features links to information about the Black Death: "The Black Plague: The Least You Need to Know," a question and answer style...
Flow of History
Flow of History: The Black Death & Its Impact
The Black Death and its impact across Europe is profiled. Text plus a colored graphic flowchart make the topic visually appealing and of interest to both students and educators.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Black Death Described by Giovanni Boccaccio 1348
A primary source describing the Plague or Black Death's symptoms, its transmission, and its affects on societies' behavior.
BBC
Bbc: Week of 5 12 14: Black Death Skeletons Giive Up Secrets of Life and Death
We now know more than ever about the plague, or Black Death. Read about the most recent discoveries.
A&E Television
History.com: How the Black Death Spread Along the Silk Road
The Silk Road was a vital trading route connecting East and West -- but it also became a conduit for one of history's deadliest pandemics. The Silk Road, a network of land and sea trade routes that connected China and the Far East with...
A&E Television
History.com: Social Distancing and Quarantine Were Used in Medieval Times to Fight the Black Death
Way back in the 14th century, public health officials didn't understand viruses, but they understood the importance of keeping a distance and disinfecting. Almost 700 years ago, the overwhelmed physicians and health officials fighting...
Other
Black Death and Plague in the 14th Century
Provides an overview of historical information about the Black death especially as it occurred in England and Europe. Discusses the many social changes that happened due to the plague. There is also a timeline of key events.
BBC
Bbc: Black Death
Follow the spread of the dread Black Death as it swept across England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. Archived.
Ibis Communications
Eye Witness: The Black Death, 1348
This article provides a general overview of the black death, including the signs of the disease, reactions to the disaster, the breakdown of social order, and the need for mass burials.
Boise State University
Boise State University: The Black Death
Information on the black death is provided. Also includes the origins, the forms, and the effects on society.
Stanford University
Stanford History Education Group: Understanding the Black Death
[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson in which students compare two primary source documents to investigate how people experienced or understood the plague in 1348. Inlcudes lesson plan, PowerPoint, and original documents.
The History Cat
The History Cat: The Black Death
The story of how the Black Plague killed hundreds of millions during the Middle Ages, of how it spread, of attempts to cure it, of life during the Plague, the breakdown of society, religious interpretations, ethnic conflict, and a...
Stephen Byrne
History for Kids: The Black Death: The Bubonic Plague
History for Kids presents information on the Black Death or Bubonic Plague, and teaches about the lesser known Pneumonic plague, Septicemic Plague, that troubled the times. Includes details, somewhat gruesome, about what it is, how it...
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Jewish History Sourcebook: Black Death and the Jews
This site, which is provided for by the Jewish History Sourcebook of Fordham University, has information on Jewish persecution resulting from the Black Plague.
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: The Black Death: Satan Triumphants
This comprehensive lecture is about the Black Death and how it was perceived by the masses.
CBS
Cbs News: Black Death "Plague Pit"
Picture a landscape of rolling grass-covered hills with grazing sheep. Who would think that buried far beneath this grassland was a gruesome site waiting to be discovered? Archeologist unearthed a pit of 48 skeletons that died as a...
Other
The Black Hole Encyclopedia
Explore an interactive encyclopedia of known and suspected black holes and find out how they are formed. Includes a glossary of terms, movie files and links to black holes in popular movies and books.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Laws for Sanitation Concerning Black Death
Provides information on the original laws and ordinances passed by the 14th-century town of Pistoia in Tuscany concerning sanitation by its citizens and the Bubonic Plague.