Black Death

B2 – Upper Intermediate

Terrified of COVID-19? Did you know that there was a far worse disease that bedeviled the lands during the middle of the 13th century. This catastrophic plague is known as the Black Death. This fatal disease wiped out almost one-third of Europe’s population.

Read the article below and be ready to answer the questions that follow.

https://www.english-online.at/history/black-death/black-death-in-the-middle-ages.htm

Discussion Questions:

  1. How clueless were the medical experts on the cause of Black Death? What perceptions and speculations did people have back then?
  2. What were the symptoms of Black Death?
  3. What strange methods did people use to fight against this plague?
  4. How would you compare the situation then and now with the COVID-19 pandemic?
  5. Throughout the history of your country, have there been other diseases that afflicted many people? Talk about it and that moment.
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