Wednesday, May 6, 2020


Good morning all,

   Some of you did a good job on the last assignment, however a great deal of you handed in incomplete work with simple one sentence responses. Your responses should be detailed and at least one paragraph in length. When answering the questions use P.O.Q in your responses, details from the text or video clips, and think about morality, power, and wealth.



Your Task for Friday (5/8/20):

 Watch the videos on Why the Black death is deadly. Answer the questions and define the vocabulary words below. You should take notes while you are watching the videos to help you answer the questions. 


Videos:

·                            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7OWLohZ_fs

(What Was the Black Death? What Were the Symptoms?)


·                           https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5q-PIN3KSE

·             (What Made the Black Death (The Plague) so Deadly?)


Questions:

1.     How did the Black Death get its name?

2.     Where did the Black Death originate and how did it become so deadly?

3.     What was the impact of the Black Death on society?

4.     How did the Black Death spread?

5.     What are 3-5 questions that you have about the clips?


Vocabulary words to define:

Influenza
Pandemic
Yellow Fever
HIV/AIDS
Epidemic
Bubonic Plague/ Black Death
Mutated
Cosmopolitan Empire
Syphilis
Covid 19 (Corona Virus)
Spanish Flu 1918
Mercury
Plague
Smallpox
Columbian Exchange
Bloodletting
Reoccurring theme
Discrimination
Racist
biased

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