The Black Death

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Welcome to History!

What you need this lesson(wat je deze les nodig hebt)

- two screens/devices

 paper 

- a pencil

- colored pencils

History at the Haarlemmermeer Lyceum

In English! Your teachers will help you with the language (taal) in the beginning, but you will learn English super fast!

What is your favorite thing in History?

Today's topic (onderwerp)

The Black Plague ('De Zwarte Dood' or 'De Pest')

The Black Death or Plague happened in the Middle Ages (de middeleeuwen). What do you know about this time?

The Plague or Black Death

- between 1347 and 1351

- millions of people died

- very contagious disease (besmettelijke ziekte)

- probably spread by fleas (waarschijnlijk verspreid door vlooien)

How did doctors protect (bescherm) themselves?

Look at the picture. How did this doctor protect (bescherm) himself from the plague?

How did doctors protect (bescherm) themselves?

How did doctors protect (bescherm) themselves?

- a long mask with herbs in the nose (een lang masker met kruiden in de neus)

- a staff to keep people at a distance (een staf om mensen meer op afstand te houden)

- a thick coat and gloves (een dikke jas and handschoenen)

How did this town want to stop the Plague?

(Exterminated = killed)

Look at the pictures!

How did this town want to stop the Plague?

Your turn!

Make your own poster about how to stop the Black Death. Think of a solution of how the Black Death cannot spread (maak je eigen poster over hoe de Pest gestopt kan worden. Zet er een oplossing in waarmee de verspreiding van het virus wordt gestopt)

Thank you for participating!