Do Now – Wednesday, September 4 th

1. Do Now – Wednesday, September 4th Happy Haiku Hump-Day! Create a haiku about the Middle Ages 5 syllables 7 syllables 5 syllables

2. Inspirational History • September 4, 1951– President Truman makes the first transcontinental television broadcast

3. “The Monster Inside Me” • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFO2iepmtjU

4. “We see death coming into our midst like black smoke, a plague which cuts off the young, a rootless phantom which has no mercy or fair countenance. Woe is me…It is an ugly eruption that comes with unseemly haste. It is a grievous ornament that breaks out in a rash. The early ornaments of black death.”

5. The Black Death Comes to Europe

6. The Bubonic Plague • Plague – contagious disease that spreads quickly and infects large numbers of people • Epidemic – outbreak of rapid-spreading disease • Pandemic – epidemic of infectious disease that has spread through human populations across a large region • Black Death – specific outbreak of bubonic plague in 14th century

7. Read the article about The Black Death and answer the questions below in your notebook • 1. In complete sentences, trace the path of the plague from its origin to final destination. • 2. Where did the plague start in Europe? • 3. How did the Bubonic Plague come into Europe? • 4. How were cities ideal breeding grounds for the plague? • 5. Why did the Black Death inspire such fear? • 6. How did the Black Death lead to social disorder?

8. Events That Changed the World – The Black Death The Path of the Plague

9. Events That Changed the World – The Black Death The Path of the Plague Originated in China Into Black Sea ports to Sicily Spread through Italy into rest of Europe

10. Events That Changed the World – The Black Death Appears in Europe

11. Events That Changed the World – The Black Death Appears in Europe First appears in Sicily and Italy

12. Events That Changed the World – The Black Death Gets into Europe

13. Events That Changed the World – The Black Death Gets into Europe Rats carried infected fleas Rats came over on merchant ships Fleas bit infected rats which then bit humans

14. Events That Changed the World – The Black Death Breeding Grounds

15. Events That Changed the World – The Black Death Breeding Grounds Houses close together Garbage & human waste in the streets Rats & fleas commonplace in homes of rich & poor alike

16. Events That Changed the World – The Black Death The Spread of Fear

17. Events That Changed the World – The Black Death The Spread of Fear Highly contagious No cure

18. Events That Changed the World – The Black Death Social Disorder

19. Events That Changed the World – The Black Death Social Disorder Crops rotted Peasants revolted Survivors lived in fear of outbreaks

20. Death Doctor

21. Buboes

22. Necrosis

23. The Plague in Siena • Rowmasters…please pass down the reading “Plague in Siena” • After you read the first-hand account of the plague in the city of Siena, answer the following questions: • 1. What horrors did the author, Agnolo di Tura, witness as the plague ravaged the city?

24. What’s That Paper For?

25. Black Death “Hollaback Girl” • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZy6XilXDZQ

26. Black Death Newspaper • Students will be assigned groups of three to create a Medieval newspaper • Students must write their articles from the point of view of someone living in 14th century Europe • Each paper should have: • News Story – what happened at certain time & how people reacted • Editorial – opinions and author takes a position on where it came from and how it ended • Feature Article – more broad and explains how the path of the of the disease and how it spread