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 ROMAN EMPIRE

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

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