Escape the Black Death

Escape the Black death

a learning adventure where you have to survive medieval europe

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Introduction

Welcome to medieval europe

Ninety percent of the population was rural peasants that gathered in small villages around castles.

Life was harsh and there was very little comfort. The diet was meager and the clothing was simple. On the next slide, you will learn more about life as a Medieval peasant.

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Introduction

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Early Medicine

Life as a peasant

Inside the castle

bubonic plague

answer the following questions to escape life as a peasant!

Room 1: life as a peasant

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You are a peasant in Medieval times. What type of job would you most likely have?

Painting

Graphic Design

Agriculture

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CLUE: Cereal was an important staple during the Middle Ages. Barley, oats, and rye were eaten by the poor, while wheat was more expensive.

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On your farm, what type of crops did farmers would you most likely grow?

Rye

Grapes

Corn

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CLUE: Tractors did not emerge until the early 19th century.

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What would you use to harvest your crops in Medieval times?

Sickle

Combine

Tractor

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inside the castle

early medicine

bubonic plague

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Inside the castle

meet a medieval noblewoman

Follow young English Heritage Members, Felicity and Olivia, on their visit to Framlingham Castle, in Suffolk, to learn all about the life of a medieval noblewoman. Find out what life was like in a medieval castle, how noblewomen behaved, dressed and learnt good table manners.

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answer the following questions to escape the castle!

Room 2: inside the castle

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You have been hired to work inside the castle. Which clothes would you more than likely wear?

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CLUE: While you might eat cheese or fruit, the wealthy would sit down to dinner and expect meat because that was more expensive and more prestigious. Often it was killed on hunting trips.

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What would you serve to the nobles at dinner?

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CLUE: Inside the castle, you see what looks like an altarpiece with many panels. You remember that the Ghent Altarpiece was a polyptych painted by a famous artist named Jan van Eyck. It had many different scenes from Jesus' life.

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Choose which painting is more than likely the Ghent Altarpiece by Jan van Eyck?

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Great job! The other painting was Lamentation by Giotto.

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early medicine

EARLY MEDICINE

are your humours balanced?

Medieval medicine might look pretty unconventional by today’s standards, but for all its strangeness it wasn’t always as mad as it’s often made out to be...

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answer the following questions to escape early medicine!

Room 3: early medicine

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You go to the doctor for a fever. Which of these methods would most likely be used on you?

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CLUE: Bloodletting was used to rid the body of impure fluids. Two other treatments were trepanation (drilling a hole into the head) to cure mental illness, and King's Touch that cured disease just by having the monarch touch you.

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Did you know bloodletting was used even into the 1800s. It was ultimately the cause of George Washington's death?

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You go to the doctor for constant headaches. Which of these methods would most likely be used on you?

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CLUE: To treat the Black Death, many believed a remedy named “the four thieves vinegar” would work. It consisted in several herbs, such as angelica, camphor, cloves, garlic, marjoram, meadowsweet , wormwood, and sage, brewed in vinegar.

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You hear about the Bubonic Plague and want to make the four thieves vinegar. Which must you collect?

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Bubonic plague

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bubonic plague

(the black death)

The Black Death was a truly devastating plague that ravaged Medieval Europe between 1347 and 1352, killing somewhere between twenty-five and thirty million people. The disease reduced Europe’s population by around a third and caused major changes in the medieval social structure.

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familiar ingredients

A remedy named “the four thieves vinegar” was very popular: it consisted in several herbs, such as angelica (Angelica archangelica), camphor (Cinnamomum camphora), cloves (Syzygium aromaticum), garlic (Allium sativum), marjoram (Origanum majorana), meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria), wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), and sage (Salvia officinalis), brewed in vinegar (Garcia, 2020).

Thieves® essential oil is a legendary blend of purifying essential oils, Clove, Lemon, Cinnamon Bark, Eucalyptus radiata, and Rosemary, known for refreshing breathing experiences aromatically and topically.

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answer the following questions to escape the bubonic plague!

room 4: bubonic plague

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You are trying to escape the Bubonic plague. Which of these creatures spread the disease?

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CLUE: Doctors wore masks with glass eyes and long beaks to help protect them from airborne diseases. They also wore gloves, a waxed linen robe, boots, a leather hat, and carried a stick to remove the clothes of the plague victim.

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You see this type of clothing at your neighbors house. You know that they have the Black Death!

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CLUE: People most commonly acquired the Black Death when they were bitten by a flea that was infected with the plague bacteria, or if they had direct contact with infected tissue or fluid, or a sick animal. The implementation of quarantine ultimately helped stop the Black Death.

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You want to protect yourself and your family from the Black Death. What is the best way to protect yourself?

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Well done! You survived by isolating you and your family in quarantine. You have survived the Black Death!

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you have escaped the black death!

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