Amazing Middle Ages: Task 4

“It’s the year 1350. Towns are silent. Trade routes are abandoned. Ships arrive with no living sailors. A mysterious disease is sweeping across Europe and Asia… Where did it come from? How is it spreading?”

📜 2. Examine the Exhibits (links below)

• Exhibit A – Trade route map

• Exhibit B – Merchant’s diary

• Exhibit C – Ship log

• Exhibit D – Drawing of plague symptoms

• Exhibit E – Report from a doctor

• Exhibit F – Letter from a monk

• Exhibit G – Timeline of outbreaks

🔍 What does this source tell us about the spread of the plague? Does it give a clue about how the disease moved from place to place?

🗺️ 3. Create a Theory

Based on the evidence, develop your own theory on how the plague spread:

• Was it carried by people? Animals? Ships? Trade goods?

• Which exhibit gave you the best clue?

• What was the strongest piece of evidence?

• Could more than one cause be true?

• How do historians figure this out today?

🎯 Deliverable: Write a 1-paragraph explanation of your theory and cite at least two exhibits as evidence.