The Black Death

On Wed. 8th, Feb & Thurs. 9th, Feb. we discussed the Black Death. We spent the majority of the class watching a video and intermittently breaking to discuss the things we were seeing and learning.

If were absent (which is too bad because the video was VERY engaging), you will need to do the following to make up what you missed:

1) Turn in your assignment from last time UNIVERSITIES AND VERNACULAR LITERATURE.

2) Read Chapter 10 Sec 4 and fill in the notes sheet. For any notes you can not find you may copy from a friend, or you can sumamrize what you learn on another piece of paper.

Notes: The Late Middle Ages

3) Write a 2 page report (double spaced, typed) on the Black Death of the Middle Ages. Be sure to answer the following questions in your report:

- How did the plague start?
- Why did it spread so rapidly?
- What caused the disease?
- How did it specifically effect the human body?
- How did people of the Middle Ages react to what was happening?
- How did the disease affect the society, culture, economy, etc. of the Middle Ages?
- What were the lasting impacts of the Black Death?

Thanks.