How can you tell they’ve got it: The Black Death?

If they’ve got it, you’ll see things like: Describe what the Black Death was and at least two symptoms; Explain how the plague spread (fleas on rats, person to person); Describe one major way the Black Death changed society (fewer workers led to higher wages, peasants gained power). Or just try it together: Could your child tell you what the Black Death was, how it spread, and why it actually ended up changing society in unexpected ways?

History Medieval Times Ages 7–9

The Black Death

Your child can tell what the Black Death was: a plague that killed vast numbers of people. Spread by fleas on rats, it left fewer workers, who then won more pay.

In curriculum terms

The Black Death of 1348-49: what the plague was, how it spread, its devastating death toll; how it changed society by giving surviving workers more power and higher wages

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How to tell they’ve got it

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Describe what the Black Death was and at least two symptoms
Explain how the plague spread (fleas on rats, person to person)
Describe one major way the Black Death changed society (fewer workers led to higher wages, peasants gained power)

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Try this together

Could your child tell you what the Black Death was, how it spread, and why it actually ended up changing society in unexpected ways?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on

Medieval Pyramid of Powerages 7–9Must understand feudal society before grasping how the Black Death disrupted it

Village Lifeages 5–7Village life knowledge provides context for plague's impact on communities

The Black Deaththis skill · ages 7–9

Unlocks

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Curriculum alignment

Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.

This skill sits outside the F–6 Australian Curriculum — no candidate code matched (v0.1). No NSW K–6 outcome code matched (v0.1). No Victorian Curriculum 2.0 code matched (v0.1).

Nearby on the map

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