What was the black death?

1. 1 2 Y B What was the black death? How did some people take advantage of it? 8 3 An epidemic. Sold fake potions When did the plague reach England? Fleas on rats 1348 What spread the BD ? Why did the whip themselves? For Gods mercy! About 1/3 How many did the BD kill? 4 People whipping themselves 7 The Black Death What was the bubonic plague known as? What is flagellation? G R 6 5

2. Starter – Play the Game with your partner Once you have finished see if you can link the images. C …. F…. M…. V… S…

3. Lesson Objectives The importance of the Black Death– What were the medical ideas and practices at the time of the Black Death. All will be able to… describethe nature of the Black Death and how it spread (D) Most will be able to… describe and explain Medieval  ideas on causes and 'cures' of the Black Death (C) Some will be able to… assess the impact of the Black Death on attitudes to medicine and disease (A)

4. Why were religion and medicine so closely linked… What have they got in common?

5. Causes and Treatments… • Around the room ‘hidden’ in plain sight are a number of causes and treatments relating to the black death… • Your task is to complete the table that you started last lesson. EXT Extension – Which would have been the most and least effective and why? Write a couple of sentences. (B Grade – Explanation).

6. Attempts at prevention. • Miasma – Many people believed that the disease was transmitted by bad air. • Sound – Towns rang church bells to drive the plague away, other towns fired cannons. • Talisman and Charms and Spells. That could be purchased from the local wise woman or apothecary. TASK – Come up with your own advert for a product. It could have a tag line – Watkins apothecaries home remedies. 60% of the time, it works all of the time…

7. Consequences Think about who people turned to and who they didn’t… Who was worst hit…? Who did they blame? • People lost faith with the medical profession and turned back to superstitious and religious explanations of the disease. • A third of the population died with the towns being worst hit because people lived so close together. • People became less tolerant as they became more frightened – minority groups like the Jews were falsely blamed for the black death.

8. How much did the understanding of the causes of disease change between c1350 and c1900? In 1348, when the Black Death reached England, the Church played an important role in medieval ideas. Many people thought illness had a supernatural cause. Other ideas at the time were that disease was caused by miasma, or by an imbalance of the humours. Introduction – Tell me what you going to say in your answer in short. Information – The Filling P.E.E – What’s your point, why have you said it, can you support it with a Quote? Conclusion – Tell me what your argument was. Tell me what your opinion for change is.

9. Effective Plan. Question: How much did the understanding of the causes of disease change between c1350 and c1900? Source: In 1348, when the Black Death reached England, the Church played an important role in medieval ideas. Many people thought illness had a supernatural cause. Other ideas at the time were that disease was caused by miasma, or by an imbalance of the humours. What did they think the causes of disease were? At the time of the Black Death? What the causes of disease were before? Make a decision…Continuity ? Did Galen followed Vesalius. Were what they thought the causes of the black death similar to that of the Greeks and Romans? Superstitious, Religious or Medical What information must you include… What information could you include…

11. Peer Assessment… Take a look at the mark scheme. You need to come to a decision as to which level bracket they fall in to. Have the done enough to achieve full marks in that bracket? What Went Well… with there answer? Even Better If… they had included? WWW: You have explained Galen's theories of the four humours and related it to the causes of the Black Death. EBI: You needed to evaluate the impact of the Black Death and its significance to the history of medicine.

12. Which Picture. Which Picture matches your learning today? Explain why? In your books

13. Source A: From Orders for the Prevention of the Plague, 1666. These orders were published by the Lord Mayor of London. That if any house be infected, the sick person should be immediately taken to the plague-house and kept in isolation. The rest of the family should be shut up inside their home for 40 days. A red cross and the words ‘Lord have mercy upon us’ should be painted on the door. Warders should prevent the family from being in contact with people outside.

14. Jan 2013 • What can you learn from Sources A about changes in the role of the authorities in medicine? • Explain your answer, using these sources.

15. Unusual positing of the planets Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.Poisonous fumes from Volcanoes and earthquakes.Bad Air (Miasma) from decaying refuse, spread through the air.

16. An imbalance of the Four Humours.Activities of groups of outsiders, such as strangers or witches (in Europe Jews were blamed).Holding a piece of bread against buboes and then burying it in ground.

17. Fasting and praying.Eating cool thingsCarrying herbs and spices to smell.Walking in procession to a church, saying prayers and whipping each other.Cut open the buboes and drain the pus.

18. Tidying the rubbish from the streets.Lighting a fire in the room.Keeping the air moving by rining bells or keeping birds flying around the room.Not letting people enter the town or village from other places or leaving the area