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Activity: What Caused the Black Death?

Children use their orienteering map to locate specified control points, each of which is linked to a possible cause of the Black Death. They have to decide if the cause was true or false and whether people at the time believed in it.

Summary

  1. Children use their orienteering map to locate control points, each of which is linked to a possible cause of the Black Death.
  2. They decide if the cause was true or false and whether people at the time believed in it.
  3. They record their answers on their Activity Sheet.

    Key Facts

  • History
  • Key Stage 2
  • Key Stage 3
  • Black Death
  • British History
  • Activity Sheet Download Required
  • Orienteering Control Markers Required
  • Orienteering Map Required
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