Source A
What statement best describes this source?
B. It is an eyewitness account of an event from the past.
What type of source is Source B?
D. Novel Excerpts
What type of source is this?
D. Secondary because it was created utilizing multiple sources.
PART A Which claim would Source D best support?
A. The Black Death was responsible for a massive decline in the population.
Another name for the bubonic plague
Black Death or Black Plague
What is an advantage of using Source A to gather information on the impact of the Black Death on Europe?
A. It was written by a person living in a place impacted by the plague.
What is a limitation (disadvantage) of Source B as a source of evidence for responding to the compelling question?
B. It's a work of fiction
What was the author’s purpose for writing this?
C. To provide information on how a lack of mining changed the air quality.
PART A Does Source D corroborate (support) information presented in Source A?
A. Yes
The plague was spread on these things that lived on rats
Fleas
When was the source created?
C. 1357
Who created the source?
C. Giovanni Boccacio
Complete the following claim statement based on the information in Source C.
“The most significant impact of the Black Death on Europe was .”
A. the environmental benefits.
PART B Which piece of evidence best supports your answer above?
B. Source A describes the loss of life by stating “the corpses were lying forsaken in the houses.”, while Source D presents data showing the decline.
About what percentage of the population died from the plague in Europe?
One third
What other information from the source would tell you about the origin?
B. The location of where the source was written
This social class grew out of the plague
Middle Class
People started questioning this because of the plague
Feudalism or The Catholic Church