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Activities relating to The Great Plague of 1665

KEY SKILLS WORK.

a) Use the information on this broadsheet newspaper from 1665 to complete this spreadsheet that outines the casualties caused by the Great Plague of 1665.

b) Find TWO pages that describe the Great Plague in London in 1665. (These pages can be on the internet, Encarta or in a class text book). Use these to write a report on the plague. This report must include:

  • the causes of the Great plague
  • the consequences of the Great Plague
  • a contemporary account of attitudes towards the disease
  • an image

The report MUST be word processed and should not exceed 300 words. 

c) Prepare a presentation on either the causes or the consequences of the Great Plague of 1665. This presentation should make use of Power point, OHP's etc. The presentation should make use of an image and you should substantiate at least one of your points using the data that you have collected. The presentation will last no longer than 5 minutes.

Laisterdyke Students: You will be given SOME time in lessons and History Club to complete these tasks.

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