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Black Death Activities

Melissa Nowotarski

Looking for a great little activity for the Black Death? Try the Contagion Activity 

I took a set of role cards from a different version of this game that I had used so the number of peasants is much higher.  You can access those cards here: https://brownsburgk12in-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/mnowotarski_brownsburg_k12_in_us/EYKESBN1AH9Nuz7SoyfRm1EBOd9wW9gUxH4EbaqgkAZYqw?e=Jr85iC

The only other modification I made was that peasants got 3 playing cards, merchants got 5, and nobles got 10.  Then, we could talk about how wealth is easier to get when you start with wealth. 

The students loved it when I called out Patient Zero! Its a great little activity that doesn't take too much time, but its a good payout on student engagement.

What other activities do you love to use with the Black Death? 

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  •  great timing - we just did the Contagion activity! It was so fun - I love getting students up and moving while learning essential content. Here's the slide deck I used. I opened the lesson with the cheesy music video (a total earworm!) and closed with the Mankind video clip starting at the 12:30 mark, followed by an apology for grossing out students so soon after lunch Grimacing

  • in reply to Anne Koschmider

    Yep, that was the activity that I used to use.  I like the simplified version in the OER Contagion activity.  It still gets the point across but my students were able to handle it better.

    Love the Mankind video clip.  I totally forgot about that series! My students love the fleas on rats.  That's the only thing that they apparently remember from studying this in sixth grade.

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  • in reply to Anne Koschmider

    Yep, that was the activity that I used to use.  I like the simplified version in the OER Contagion activity.  It still gets the point across but my students were able to handle it better.

    Love the Mankind video clip.  I totally forgot about that series! My students love the fleas on rats.  That's the only thing that they apparently remember from studying this in sixth grade.

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