BUBONIC PLAGUE THE BLACK DEATH THEN AND NOW
BUBONIC PLAGUE THE BLACK DEATH THEN AND NOW: AN EPIDEMIC SIMULATION
What is the Bubonic Plague? �A disease passed to humans from fleas found on rodents. The plague bacteria is in their system. A Person then becomes infected when the flea bites them. �The bacteria called Yesinia pestis
Flea bites become Buboes FLEA BITES on LEG BUBOES on FINGER In Medieval Times, the Buboes became black because a bruise like coloring (blood under skin) covered the Buboes. BLACK PLAGUE
Bubonic Plague Symptoms • Incubates in 2 -8 days after being bitten by flea • Bacteria travels to Lymph nodes near bite • Patients feel high fever, chills and painful swelling of lymph nodes • Swelling may reach the size of an egg in 1 -2 days • Without antibiotics, death occurs in 3 -6 days
RULES FOR BLACK PLAGUE SIMULATION �You will be given a travel plan, a skull and a pencil. �You will travel to each city on your itinerary and roll a dice in that city. This will tell you how many days you will stay in that city. Record number on travel plan �You will pull a bean from the city bag.
BEANS, And WHAT THEY MEAN YOU have NOT been Infected with the Plague Bacteria WHITE BEANS YOU have been Infected with the Plague Bacteria BLACK BEANS
BLACK BEANS �If you are infected (black bean) do this: Travel to the next two cities on your travel plan. Do not roll the die until you reach the second city. Roll the die • If you roll a 1, 2, or 3 add a black bean to the bag (ask teacher) • If you roll a 4, 5, or 6 add 2 black beans to the bag (ask teacher) • Take a small skull to the bag (ask teacher) and a large skull to yourself. • Sorry you are DEAD • Return to main area and wait for others
WHITE BEANS • You have not been infected! • You may choose to stay in that city for one more day. • Record on your travel plan • Continue on your journey.
TRAVEL PLAN INFORMATION �Remember to: • Record how many days you stayed in each city • Record what you notice at each city • Record the city you became infected in • Record the city in which you died • Record total days on trip • Record any extra observations
FINAL NOTES �We will return to the classroom for data collection when either all people have died or completed their journeys
BUBONIC PLAGUE IS STILL ACTIVE
VOCABULARY �an epidemic occurs when new cases of a certain disease, in a given human population, and during a given period, substantially exceed what is expected based on recent experience. �An epidemic may be restricted to one location; however, if it spreads to other countries or continents and affects a substantial number of people, it may be termed a pandemic. [1]: 55
Vocabulary �Contract- To get the disease �Incubation- How long a person has a disease before they shows symptoms �Infection- To have or get the disease �Recovery rate – How fast someone gets well from the disease �Carrier- The person or animal that carries the disease. May not be affected by it. �Patient zero – First person who has the disease. �Mortality Rate- Deaths from the disease
1 st Pandemic Deaths 25, 000 EMPIRE ROMAN
165 – 180 Deaths 25, 000 PALESTINE
The 2 nd Pandemic 1328 – 1351 Deaths 100, 000 EUROPE AND ASIA
1353 RUSSIA
1466 FRANCE
1494 - 1495 ICELAND
1498 ENGLAND
1509 -1510 ENGLAND
1527 GERMANY
1527 SPAIN
1560 ISTANBUL
1563 -1564 ENGLAND
1570 RUSSIA
1574 SCOTLAND
1596 -1502 SPAIN
1603 E NGLAND
1855 -1950 Worldwide 3 rd Pandemic
1946 China (Antibiotics first used 1940)
Mortality Rates �Mortality Rate today 7. 4% of cases reported �Mortality Rate in 1300’s 78% of population
Online Plague Simulation Game http: //health. howstuffworks. com/diseasesconditions/infectious/history-of-black-plague. htm http: //science. nationalgeographic. com/science/health-andhuman-body/human-diseases/plague-article/ http: //news. discovery. com/human/health/black-death-plaguechina. htm http: //news. discovery. com/search. htm? q=black%20 plague http: //scorescience. humboldt. k 12. ca. us/fast/teachers/Plague/P. html
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