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Students examine the Medieval beliefs about the causes of the Black Death before linking this knowledge to the treatments and attempts to prevent the spread of the Black Death in England.

UPDATED & RE-VAMPED CONTENT IN LINE WITH THE 2026 SPEC

The 20 slide fully resourced lesson contains activities, tasks, practice exam questions, printable resources and all background knowledge:

• Slide 1: Title slide
• Slide 2: Warm Up - Students become familiar with the difference between the terms ‘treating’ and ‘preventing’ illness by thinking of how today we might treat the symptoms of a cold and prevent catching a cold in the first place.
• Slide 3: Recap - Students recap the main Medieval beliefs about the causes of disease which will link to the methods used at the time to treat and prevent the Black Death.
• Slide 4: Starter Discussion - Students use their prior knowledge to discuss what they already know about the Black Death. Prompt questions and challenge question included.
• Slide 5-6: Starter Source Analysis - Students given a choice of 2 Medieval illustrations and infer from them what treatments and methods of prevention were used at the time. Answers provided.
• Slide 7-8: Task 1 - A printable worksheet which includes basic fact finding questions about the Black Death followed by students outlining the methods which were used at the time to treat and prevent the Black Death.
• Slide 9: Task 2a - The first option is a table style activity whereby students are given a person’s opinion about the cause of the Black Death and use this to outline the types of treatment they are linked to.
• Slide 10: Task 2b -An alternative task in which students offer advice about how to treat and prevent the Black Death from the point of view of a priest, a physician and a member of the monarchy.
• Slide 11: Challenge questions
• Slide 12-13: Learning Review Crossword with answers.
• Slide 14-15: Lesson Fact Sheets
• Slide 16: EXAM FOCUS - Examples of the 4 mark similarity and difference questions with suggested sentence starters.
• Slide 17: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a 12 mark ‘Explain why’ question.
• Slide 18: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a 16 mark ‘How far do you agree’ question.
• Slide 19: An information slide/printable resource showing all the factors that led to continuity and change in Medicine in Britain.
• Slide 20: M

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