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The Great Plague

I can use sources to collect data and create appropriate charts/graphs

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The Great Plague

We have learnt about the deadly disease of the plague and the symptoms that people had to suffer with. Last lesson we looked at the cures that people believed would relieve the symptoms.

Can you remember any of the cures?

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How many did you remember?

Have a bath in milk – that will sooth the rash and the buboes. Wear lucky charms around your neck like rabbits feet. Sit in the sewers so the bad smell drives the plague away

Eat toads

Pray

Smoking tobacco will clear the toxins from your body

Put (live) chicken bottoms on your spots.

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Plague Doctors

We also looked at the plague doctor last lesson. One of his jobs was to keep count of the people infected with the disease. Once the people had died from the plague, Collectors would come and collect the bodies and bury them. Because there were so many people dying, lots of people were buried without a funeral.

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How do we know how many people died?

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The Bill of Mortality

The Bill of Mortality was a book where each death and birth was recorded. This was recorded by each parish by the parish clerks. Each parish would have a ‘searcher’ who would go and visit each person who died and determine the cause of death. This was then recorded in the Bill of Mortality. This page is August 15th – 22nd 1665. It shows that in this week, 166 babies were born and 5319 people died. 3880 out of the 5319 died from the plague. Other causes of death include drowning, teeth and fever.

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The Bill of Mortality

If we did a Bill of Mortality now, what do you think would be different?

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do you think would be different?

The plague did spread to other parts of England too. One place was called Eyam and is in Yorkshire. They also kept a record of all the people that died. Have a look at the list of victims of the plague and discuss with your partner.

Is there anything you notice?

The Bill of Mortality

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Eyam Victims

Today, we will be focusing on the victims who died in October 1665. We will create a bar chart or a pictogram to show this information.

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Male Female Number of people who died Picture How many people does it represent? Key

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Pictogram

First, decide what picture you will use and how many people it will represent. An example could be that a circle = 2 people. Write male and female in the chart. Then complete the pictures to represent how many people died. Don’t forget to give your pictogram a title so we know what it is telling us.

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Bar Chart

First, write male and female along the bottom. Make sure they each have their own space. Decide on your scale and write it up the side. Make sure the number is on the line. Count how many male and female people died and then complete the bars. Don’t forget to give your pictogram a title so we know what it is telling us.