Read about the Bubonic Plague which we will soon be learning about in Social Studies. On the website you will find a map showing how far it spread, a first person perspective of a medieval town, and even discover the life of a rat. The rat helped spread this terrible disease. Here is a preview:
“In the 14th century (the 1300′s), a horrible disease struck Asia, Africa, and Europe. The people called this illness the Black Death. The disease started in Asia in the 1340′s. It quickly spread to Africa, and throughout Europe. Infected people first broke out with red ring shaped marks with dark center spots on their arms and necks. They would run high fevers. They became even more ill, and then they died.In just two years, 25 million people died of the plague. In ten years, the plague had killed over 1/3 of Europe’s population. Can you imagine the fear people must have felt? People were sick everywhere. Whole families were wiped out. Whole villages were wiped out.”
http://medievaleurope.mrdonn.org/plague.html
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- Mr. L
