Step 2

Use these resources to answer the questions below. Record your information on *Sheet 1*.

When this document opens you will need to select – Edit in Word – on the menu at the top.

Resources

• Spread of the Black Death
• Transmission of the Black Death
• Oriental Rat Flea
• Path of the Black Death
• Rat fleas were key players in Black Death
• Route that the plague followed

More detailed information

• More challenging resource – Bubonic Plague (only read the highlighted text and look at the map)

Questions

1. What type of rat was involved with the bubonic plague?
2. Where did the plague originate?
3. What other animal, associated with the rat, was involved with the plague?
4. Where did this animal originate? Hint: What does Orient mean? Use the dictionary.
5. How did these animals carry the plague?
6. What areas of Europe were affected by the plague?
7. What path did the plague follow? (Add a copy of the map to your notes)

When you have finished your notes you will need to download *Sheet 2* to take to your group discussion.