Middle Ages: The Domesday Book & The Black Death (p. 66 - 67)

The Middle Ages 
Statement of Inquiry: The identity and development of past societies can be explored through the perspectives of the people who lived there.  

Key Concept: Time, place and space 

Related Concepts: Perspective, Identity 

Global Context: Fairness and development
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The Middle Ages 
Statement of Inquiry: The identity and development of past societies can be explored through the perspectives of the people who lived there.  

Key Concept: Time, place and space 

Related Concepts: Perspective, Identity 

Global Context: Fairness and development

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What was life like in Britain during the Middle Ages?
Goals of today:

And the end of today's class you...

 ...understand how kings kept statistics about the people that lived in the land they controlled during the Middle Ages
...understand how the impact of the Black Death in England during the  Middle Ages was like.



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The Domesday Book
  • After the Norman Invasion, King William wanted a better idea of the land he controlled.

  • He issued a survey to check on the population, land use and wealth. 

  • All the data was put together in the Domesday Book, a medieval example of a census.
King William I
census
A census is the procedure of systematically ecording information about the members of a given population.

Slide 3 - Slide

The Black Death 
  • During the Middle Ages life expectancy was short and there was a high child mortality


  • bubonic plague kwown as the Black Death killed half of the European population.  
  • The disease was brought by rats from Central Asia via the Silk Road.

  • The symptops inculded fever, headaches and the growth of large buboes. 

Life Expectancy
Life expectancy is a statistical measure of the average (see below) time an organism is expected to live, based on the year of its birth, its current age and other demographic factors including gender. 
Child mortality
Child mortality, refers to how many detahs of children under the age of five per 1000 people. 
Bubonic plague
Bubonic plague is one of three types of plague caused by bacterium Yersinia pestis, which is mainly spread by infected fleas from small animals.

Slide 4 - Slide

What was life like in Britain during the Middle Ages?
We are going to re-create the Domesday Book. 

On the next slide fill into one answer box the following data about yourself:
  • Name of city where you live 
  • How many square meters is your bedroom 
  • Your favorite/most important personal belonging(s)

Slide 5 - Slide

Laar en Berg class Y1 cencus. Fill in the following data:

1) Name of city where you live
2)How many square meters is your bedroom
3)Your favorite/most important personal belonging(s)

Slide 6 - Open question

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Slide 7 - Video

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List 3 differences between the plague that struck London in 1665 and the coronavirus that is spreading in 2020/2021.

Slide 8 - Open question

The Black Death tells us a lot about the medical knowledge and treatments available to people during the Middle Ages. (this was not very well...)
Look up this source: https://www.cloverleaflocal.org/Downloads/Plaguebooklet.pdf

and write down:
1) what people thought would cause the Black Death
2) what people thought would cure the Black Death

Slide 9 - Open question

Study Source A and B on p. 68.
With the next question you practice reading and summarizing skills.

In 75- 100 words, write down what these sources (A and B, p. 68) tell about the Black Death and what the impact was on medieval society.

Slide 10 - Open question

True or False:
The Domesday Book was a being made by the order of the British King William III
A
True
B
False

Slide 11 - Quiz

True or False:
In the Domesday Book records of the population, land use and wealth of the villiages was being recorded.
A
True
B
False

Slide 12 - Quiz

True or False:
Symptoms of the Black Death are stomachaches, sneezing and getting blind.
A
True
B
False

Slide 13 - Quiz

True or False:
It is thought that The Black Death initially started in Central Asia and travelled across to Europe due to the exchanges people made along the Silk Road.
A
True
B
False

Slide 14 - Quiz

True or False:
It is estimated that the Black Death killed approximately 20 - 40 % of Europe's total population.
A
True
B
False

Slide 15 - Quiz