Transcript Immediate Effects of the Plague

Background
on the Black
Death
Warm Up
You are going to watch a short video of some
small children playing a common game in the U.S.
The lyrics to the song they are singing are below:
“Ring around the Rosy
Pocket full of Posy
Ashes, Ashes,
We all Fall Down”
After watching the video and reading the lyrics,
write three complete sentences describing what
you think the song is about. You have 5 minutes.
What does it mean?
Here is what
some say:
 Source #1
 Source #2
Survey/Question/Read/Recite/Re
view
 Survey – look at the reading
 Question – from what you see on these
pages, write down any questions you
have on the backside of the questions…
 Read
 Recite
 Review
Activities
Three choices:
 Work Alone
 Partners
 Think/Pair/Share
General guidelines:
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Work Quietly
Any speaking is in English
Complete Sentences
Take Notes as you Read
Work Alone
 Silent
 Must answer in complete
sentences
 TAKE NOTES while you
read
 We will be working against the
clock.
Partner Reading
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Alternate who reads each paragraph
Summarize what you just heard
Work quietly
Speak in English
Ask each other questions first
TAKE NOTES while you read
Must Answer in Complete
Sentences
Think/Pair/Share
THINK = By yourself, quietly
COMPLETE all of the questions that go
along with what we just read.
PAIR = Quietly DISCUSS your answers
with the person sitting next to you.
SHARE your BEST answers with the
class.
Warm Up - What can you tell me about the picture?
Describe what you see. You have 5 minute.
Important Terms & Definitions
Messina – city in Italy where the Plague first
appeared in 1347
Black Death – the bubonic plague that spread over
Europe in 14th century
Plague – a disease that causes widespread death
Pestilence – a deadly disease
Famine – a time period of very little food, resulting in
starvation
Immune – someone who is protected from getting a
disease
Endemic – belonging to or being native to a specific
area
Important Terms & Definitions
Bacillus – a type of bacteria
Bubonic Plague – a form of plague transmitted by
fleas from infected rats
Pneumonic Plague – a form of plague transmitted
directly from person to person normally by
coughing
Buba – the inflammatory swelling of the glands or
boils that would form below the skin on victims of
the Black Death
Flagellants – group of people who would whip and
beat themselves in penance for their sins and the
sins of society during the times of the Black Death
R.A.F.T.
Role
Doctor
Dying Person Rat
Audience
Europe
Your children The Infection
Format
Newsletter
Diary
Topic
Better Health Life's regrets/ Whose to
what it’s like blame?
Conversation
Homework
You must pick one of the following
Rolls: Doctor, Dying Person, or a
Rat and write about the Topic,
using the correct Format and
considering the Audience. This
assignment is due the class after
you present your poster.