The Black Death and Reading

One of the things I am working on in my history classes, aside from sharing the stories of history with you, I am also working on bringing up your reading levels.  The best way to improve your reading is to READ!   Studies have shown that if you do nothing else but increase the AMOUNT of time you spend reading, you will indeed INCREASE your reading level.  That is what we are doing today!

So today, we are reading two articles on the Black Death.  They are both fairly straight forward overviews of the Plague.  Assignment #17 comes from Wake County Public Schools.  For this assignment you will need to ANNOTATE the article AND answer the questions on the last page.    Assignment #18 is and article on the Black Death that looks at it from the standpoint of being a global pandemic and impacting the ENTIRE world!

These are due tomorrow.  If you do not have access to a printer, no worries, simply copy down the title and answer the questions on loose-leaf paper!