The document discusses several deadly pandemics throughout history, including the Black Death plague which originated in China and spread along the Silk Road to Europe in the 14th century, killing an estimated 30-50% of the European population. Students are assigned to write a letter from a Silk Road trader during this time period describing how life has changed in Rome due to the plague, symptoms of the disease, and how to prevent its spread. Other assignments involve analyzing the impact of a modern disease outbreak and creating an educational pamphlet about the bubonic plague.

1. Bellringer
1. List 3 deadly diseases that are scary.
2. Which scares you the most and why?

6. Title: Deadliest Pandemics
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10. page 335 Black Death
• Brought from China along the Silk Road
• Sections: The Black Death – The Plague Spreads
• On a paper: What happened? When? Why?

11. Page 360
• Page 335
• 4 countries

12. Catholic Europeans
• Many thought God was punishing them
• Blamed which two groups for the outbreak

13. • Kent, England

14. If your husband, wife or child was
infected with the Plague
• Would you?
A. Stay and take care of them.
B. Leave them forever
C. Leave them for a few weeks and come
back
D. Something else

15. Question Matrix game
• Groups of 4
• Write 10 questions
• Round the room ask
• 1st place: 5 points
• 2nd place: 3 points
• 3rd place: 2 point
ties eliminate lower places

16. Assignment: Silk Road Plague
• Think back to our Silk Road business. Write a
letter to your traders in Asia about a) how life
has changed in Rome b) how to know if
someone has contracted the Black Death. And
c) how they can help stop the spread of plague.
• Must be at least 5 sentences.

17. Assignment: Silk Road Plague
• Think back to our Silk Road business. Write a
letter to your traders in Asia about a) how life
has changed in Rome b) how to know if
someone has contracted the Black Death. And
c) how they can help stop the spread of plague.
• Must be at least 5 sentences.

18. Assignment: Silk Road Plague
• Think back to our Silk Road business. Write a
letter to your traders in Asia about a) how life
has changed in Rome b) how to know if
someone has contracted the Black Death. And
c) how they can help stop the spread of plague.
• Must be at least 5 sentences.

19. Assignment: Silk Road Plague
• Think back to our Silk Road business. Write a
letter to your traders in Asia about a) how life
has changed in Rome b) how to know if
someone has contracted the Black Death. And
c) how they can help stop the spread of plague.
• Must be at least 5 sentences.

20. Assignment: Silk Road Plague
• Think back to our Silk Road business. Write a
letter to your traders in Asia about a) how life
has changed in Rome b) how to know if
someone has contracted the Black Death. And
c) how they can help stop the spread of plague.
• Must be at least 5 sentences.

21. Assignment: My spouse has the
plague
• Imagine you live in Rome in 1350 and someone
you live with has contracted the plague. Write a
letter to your relatives in Paris describing what is
happening, how it started and what you plan on
doing about it.
• Must be at least 5 sentences.

22. Bellringer
Compare both graphs
1. Which 3
diseases are
not as deadly
today?
2. Which 2
diseases are
deadly today?

23. On a new sheet of paper:
With your partner
• 1300’s: Black Plague killed 30-50% of the
population of Europe
• 2010’s?
• 5 ways life would change if Ebola killed 30% of
the US population

24. Video clip

25. With your partner
• Brainstorm 2 ways the government of
Madagascar could help prevent future
outbreaks

26. Modern Plague Assignment
• Write a letter to President Obama OR Senator
John McCain about this video clip and what you
think should be done about it. 2 paragraphs,
1st describing the problem (who, what, when,
where, why), 2nd on how the US could solve it
• Options:
• US could give Madagascar medical equipment
• US could send Madagascar doctors
• US could give Madagascar $1 billion
• US could build roads
• US could do nothing
• US could do something else

27. Assignment: Create a health pamphlet
for people during the 1300’s about the
Bubonic Plague
Cover page: picture of Bubonic Plague
Page 2: How you can get the Bubonic Plague, +
symptoms
Page 3: How to prevent yourself from getting the
Bubonic Plague
Page 4: How the Bubonic Plague was a disaster
for Europe in the 1300’s, stats & who was
blamed