Causes of the Black Death
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Mrs Phillips
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When you answer a describe question, you are trying to give information about how or why something happened. You must try to include as much correct information as possible, but you have to be careful to only include facts that answer the question.
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Multiple Select
What is a fact? (Click all correct answers)
Information used as evidence.
A view or a judgement.
Something that can be proved.
The beliefs of a group of people.
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Match
Match the following
A cause of the Black Death was the
God sent the plague because
Flagellants spread the Black Death as they
The Black Death was caused by fleas
In towns and cities, people lived
position of Saturn, Jupiter and Mars.
people were gambling and fighting.
wandered around, whipping themselves.
carried by rats into towns and cities.
close together which spread the plague.
position of Saturn, Jupiter and Mars.
people were gambling and fighting.
wandered around, whipping themselves.
carried by rats into towns and cities.
close together which spread the plague.
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Multiple Select
Which of the previous causes were facts?
The position of the planets.
Flagellants
Fleas and rats
Overcrowding
God
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Drag and Drop
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Labeling
Label the problems in a medieval town. These problems helped to spread the Black Death.
Animals in the street
Overcrowded
Rats
Raw sewage
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Drag and Drop
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Think of all the causes of the Black Death we have looked at this morning and then:
Pick one and add it to your point box.
Give an example that helps to explain your point.
Explain why your point was a cause of the Black Death.
Point | Examples | Explain |
|---|---|---|
One cause of the Black Death was... | An example of this would be... | Therefore, ... was a cause of the Black Death because... |
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Now pick a different point and complete the examples and explain points.
Point | Examples | Explain |
|---|---|---|
Another cause of the Black Death was... | | Therefore, ... caused the Black Death to spread as it... |
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