2. Analyze Learner
My class contains eighteen students. Of this number,
eleven are female and seven are male. Fifteen of my
students are Caucasian, with the remaining three being
African American. To my knowledge none of the students
have any disabilities and all have passed the prerequisite
courses to make it to my eleventh grade World History
course.
3. Main Objectives
By the end of the unit my students will do the following with at least
80% accuracy:
Give an accurate description of medieval life and how it
contributed to the spread of the plague
Chart the progression of the plague when given a map
Give a timeline for the plague and different outbreaks
State the three forms of plague as well as the symptoms, treatment,
and mortality rate for each
Explain how the plague shaped the rest of history, particularly in
Europe and subsequently in modern America
4. Day One
Discuss medieval living in the 1300’s and 1400’s
Watch a short Youtube video
Touch on environmental, social, and political changes around this time
Give out the link on Youtube to a video made by me that summarizes this lesson if they
need to look back on it again
5. Day Two
Look at an interactive map of the spread of the plague
Discuss the different types of plague, symptoms, treatment, and mortality rates and give
the link to the podcast which goes over these again so that students may reference it
again if need be
Do the virus spreading simulation exercise
Lecture on how the plague impacted society and shaped the one we now know today
Assign a discussion about “What-Ifs” to be done on the class Facebook page
6. Day Three
Divide students into groups and assign different “characters” in different social positions
(I.e. Anne - the peasant, Andrew – the doctor.)
Student will have to make an image edited by Photoshop for their character, create a
Twitter for their character, and make a storytelling video on Youtube about the
circumstances of her life, an example of the style I expect will be given. They will also be
given time in class to make a robot out of recycled materials that is representative of their
characters story. All of these together will give their fictional account of the plague.
Allow students time in class to work on this, further instructions will be on the class Wiki.
Introduce students to Zello so they can contact one another in a group conversation.
7. Day Four
Using PowerPoint we will make a class poster listing some of the cities hit by the plague
At this point the class blog will be given out and students will be able to start working on
their extra credit to be posted to their own blogs
Students will split back up into their groups and begin working on the robot portion of their
projects
8. Day Five
Students will work on their robots the entire class
They will be given a time that I will be present on our class Zello over the weekend to
answer any questions
9. Day Six
Students will have had the weekend to work on their project, now they will use this class to
present the final product to their peers
