Top lessons and activities for secondary history students studying the causes and short and long term consequences of the bubonic and pneumonic plague
- Australia and New Zealand
- GB
- US
- International schools
- Secondary
- History
Tes Resources Team
Engage secondary history students with exciting and innovative resources about the Black Death, Great Plague and Great Fire of London
The most memorable topics for secondary history students often tend to be those centered around doom, gloom and death and the Black Death, Great Plague and Great Fire of London are no exception to the rule. So whether you are looking for resources focused around the gory symptoms suffered by victims of the disease, differences in causation between the bubonic and pneumonic plague or source based lessons and worksheets investigating the Great Fire of London then we have you covered.
Black Death and the Peasants Revolt
The Black Death Diamond 9
FREE
(1)
A fun activity for your students - get your students evaluating the factors which contributed to the spread of the Black Death with this Diamond Nine.
The Peasants' Revolt
FREE
(12)
A challenging 'code breaker' text sort with various option to review the event. Did Wat Tyler spit at the king? You may also find useful You may also find useful Holocaust Full Pack - 100 page teaching pack + Anne Frank + activities + skills https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-126...
Peasants Revolt Causes
£3.00
(0)
This lesson investigates what caused the Peasants' Revolt including factors such as the Hundred Years War, Black Death, Edward III and Richard II. This lesson is most suitable for GCSE Power to the People topics but can also be used with KS3. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with...
The Peasants' Revolt
£3.00
(9)
An hour long, fully resourced lesson with powerpoint, differentiated tasks throughout, worksheets, clip link and accompanying task all about the Peasants' Revolt, ahy it happened and the consequences afterwards. Includes source practice, analysis tasks, clip tasks, evaluation and much more. All edit...
Black Death and the Plague
£3.50
(0)
**AQA GCSE 9-1 Britain: Health and the People, c1000 to present** The aim of this lesson is threefold; to understand the beliefs and treatments of the Black Death, to recognise why these had a detrimental affect on medicine and to understand the similarities between the Black Death of the 14th Cent...
£3.00
(0)
This is the final lesson of Unit 1 and looks at what the events of the Black Death can teach us about Medieval medicine and healthcare. Students will learn about the believed causes of the Black Death, methods of treatment and prevention, why the plague spread so quickly and its impact on society. ...
Great Plague and the Great fire of London
£3.00
(0)
This lesson contains a variety of resources and activities to help students learn about the causes, events and overall impact of the Great Plague in England, 1665. For example, students will study the famous nursery rhyme, Ring o Roses , examine extracts from the diary of Samuel Pepys, anal...
£3.00
(0)
Easy to follow lesson which uses extracts from Pepys' diary. Firstly students organise his extracts into chronological order and then fix them to a living graph to show how the extracts link to the progress of the Plague. They then use the extracts to find information and compare this to fact card...
Great Fire of London Mystery!
£2.00
(1)
Let your students have the opportunity to develop their detective skills! This lesson is a crime solving mystery based on the Great Fire of London in 1666. Provided with an evidence pack, stuffed full of crime scene pictures, evidence from eye witnesses, reports from fire fighters, and confessions ...
KS3 Great Fire of London 1666 Lesson
£3.00
(0)
KS3 History lesson about the Great Fire of London 1666 Full PowerPoint presentation with worksheets built in. Activities include: - Fix the mistake Stuarts plenary - 2 embedded videos with questions - Source inference on Early Modern Fire Fighting - Investigation on who started the fire. Was it...
The Great Plague of 1665-6
FREE
(7)
A lesson plan which enables pupils to learn about the plague and to learn how the lives, beliefs, ideas and attitudes of people in Britain have changed over time.
The Great Fire of London, 1666
£3.49
(1)
Complete lesson on the Great Fire of London, 1666 - Detailed information on slides - chance for reading and recording - Source analysis activity - Causes and Effects - Chance for discussion and class debate - Samuel Pepys Diary Activity (and differentiation sheet) - Exam Question - Hyper-linked vide...
Explore more Black Death and Plague resources
