Turn on the Black Death Cities: Europe Animation Across Europe layer.
Have students act on their analysis by asking: How prevelant was the Black Plague in Europe in the mid-1300s?
Turn on the layer, European Overland Trade Routes.Īsk: In which direction did Yersinia pestis spread from Constantinople?.
Zoom in and click the “C” symbol for the city of Constantinople and read the pop-up.
with challenging gameplay that punishes player-errors for their deaths. Have students analyze the problem by asking: How did Yersina pestis reach Europe? This is a HD texture pack i created for Dark Souls to make the game look that.
Click the two layer names (above) to expand the legends.Īsk: How did shipping routes aid in transmitting the plague?.
Turn on the two layers, Maritime Silk Road and the European Shipping Routes.
Have students explore the question Where do you predict Yersina pestis would diffuse from Kaffa?
Click the “K” symbol for the city of Kaffa (Caffa) and read the pop-up.Īsk: What action did Mongols laying siege to Kaffa take to capture the city?.
Click the “M” (Kharkhorum) symbol and read the pop-up.Īsk: Which direction were the Mongols and the plague traveling?.
For scholars, the fast 14th-century story contained what Green calls a. Click the small right arrow to cycle info. The Black Death, as Monica Green tells me, is one of the few things that people learn about the European Middle Ages.
Click the blue “I” Issyk-Kul Lake symbol and read the pop-up.
Have students determine during which time period the deaths due to the plague occured in those five cities.
Click the remaining four black pop-ups ( from north to south) in East Asia.
Help students acquire new information through the map by asking: Where did the 14th century Black Plague spread?
Click the most southerly black pop-up located in Southeast Asia and read the information provided.Īsk: What were some factors that might have influenced the spread of the plague?.
With the Details button depressed, click the button, Content.
Ask students: How is Yersinia pestis (Black Death) transmitted to humans?