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History Mystery: The Black Death ActivityHistory Mystery: The Black Death Activity
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Mr. Roughton
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6th - 8th
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Social Studies & History
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History Mystery: The Black Death

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Was the medieval Black Death the same disease as the modern bubonic plague? Your class members become the top investigators in the case, examining a variety of exhibits (i.e. disease descriptions, sample historical letter, map, etc.) in order to inform their understanding of this truly interesting question.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

the bubonic plague

Additional Tags

miasma, black death, bubonic plague, social studies

Pros

  • Multiple opportunities to practice primary source analysis
  • Includes very engaging opening videos to set the stage

Cons

  • Exhibits will need to be reformatted since they do not appear properly in the document

Common Core

RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.2 RH.6-8.7

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