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How significant was the Black Death?

How significant was the Black Death?. Objectives. In this activity you will: Describe the consequences of the Black Death. Explain the changes brought by the Black Death. Reach a judgment about the significance of the Black Death.

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How significant was the Black Death?

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  1. How significant was the Black Death?

  2. Objectives In this activity you will: • Describe the consequences of the Black Death. • Explain the changes brought by the Black Death. • Reach a judgment about the significance of the Black Death.

  3. Freddie’s mum has contacted the school to complain about what we have been studying. She left a voicemail, and said: ‘I’m not happy. Why on earth are you teaching old events like the Black Death. The Black Death was ages ago and was just a load of smelly rats, fleas and people dying. It didn’t change anything. I don’t think you should be teaching this old rubbish.’

  4. Is Freddie’s mum right? Should we study the Black Death?Did it change anything in the long-term?

  5. What historical skills might we be using here? CHANGE SIGNIFICANCE

  6. How do we decide if an event is significant and therefore worth studying? • Did the Black Death change England at the time? • Has the Black Death had a long lasting impact on the country? So far we have used Geoffrey Partington’s method, here are two questions to help you judge significance linked to his ideas.

  7. Pair up with a classmate. Your teacher will hand you a printout of the following screen, cut into 14 cards.

  8. Sort the cards into three groups: • Changes • Continuities • 3. Things in the middle Take the cards about ‘change’ and sort them into two groups: 1) Short-term change 2) Long-term change Are there any in the middle?

  9. Which category did you put each card into, and why?

  10. What do you think about the Black Death? • Did the Black Death change England at the time? • Has the Black Death had a long lasting impact on the country? • Is it therefore significant?

  11. Your task • Return Freddie’s mum’s phone call. • You will need to write notes or a script to support your phone call. • Make sure you have plenty of evidence to back up what you are trying to say.

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