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BUBONIC PLAGUE THE BLACK DEATH THEN AND NOW: AN EPIDEMIC SIMULATION What is the Bubonic Plague? A disease passed to humans from fleas found on rodents. The plague bacteria is in their system. A Person then becomes infected when the flea bites them. The bacteria called Yesinia pestis Flea bites become Buboes FLEA BITES on LEG BUBOES on FINGER In Medieval Times, the Buboes became black because a bruise like coloring (blood under skin) covered the Buboes. BLACK PLAGUE Bubonic Plague Symptoms •Incubates in 2-8 days after being bitten by flea •Bacteria travels to Lymph nodes near bite •Patients feel high fever, chills and painful swelling of lymph nodes •Swelling may reach the size of an egg in 1-2 days •Without antibiotics, death occurs in 3-6 days RULES FOR BLACK PLAGUE SIMULATION You will be given a travel plan, a skull and a pencil. You will travel to each city on your itinerary and roll a dice in that city. This will tell you how many days you will stay in that city. Record number on travel plan You will pull a bean from the city bag. BEANS, And WHAT THEY MEAN YOU have NOT been Infected with the Plague Bacteria WHITE BEANS YOU have been Infected with the Plague Bacteria BLACK BEANS BLACK BEANS If you are infected (black bean) do this: Travel to the next two cities on your travel plan. Do not roll the die until you reach the second city. Roll the die • If you roll a 1, 2, or 3 add a black bean to the bag (ask teacher) • If you roll a 4, 5, or 6 add 2 black beans to the bag (ask teacher) • Take a small skull to the bag (ask teacher) and a large skull to yourself. • Sorry you are DEAD • Return to main area and wait for others WHITE BEANS • You have not been infected! • You may choose to stay in that city for one more day. • Record on your travel plan • Continue on your journey. TRAVEL PLAN INFORMATION Remember to: • Record how many days you stayed in each city • Record what you notice at each city • Record the city you became infected in • Record the city in which you died • Record total days on trip • Record any extra observations FINAL NOTES We will return to the classroom for data collection when either all people have died or completed their journeys BUBONIC PLAGUE IS STILL ACTIVE VOCABULARY an epidemic occurs when new cases of a certain disease, in a given human population, and during a given period, substantially exceed what is expected based on recent experience. An epidemic may be restricted to one location; however, if it spreads to other countries or continents and affects a substantial number of people, it may be termed a pandemic.[1]:55 Vocabulary Contract- To get the disease Incubation- How long a person has a disease before they shows symptoms Infection- To have or get the disease Recovery rate – How fast someone gets well from the disease Carrier- The person or animal that carries the disease. May not be affected by it. Patient zero – First person who has the disease. Mortality Rate- Deaths from the disease 1st Pandemic Deaths 25,000 EMPIRE ROMAN 165 – 180 Deaths 25,000 PALESTINE The 2nd Pandemic 1328 – 1351 Deaths 100,000,000 EUROPE AND ASIA 1353 RUSSIA 1466 FRANCE 1494 - 1495 ICELAND 1498 ENGLAND 1509 -1510 ENGLAND 1527 GERMANY 1527 SPAIN 1560 ISTANBUL 1563 -1564 ENGLAND 1570 RUSSIA 1574 SCOTLAND 1596-1502 SPAIN 1603 E NGLAND 1855-1950 Worldwide 3rd Pandemic 1946 China (Antibiotics first used 1940) Mortality Rates Mortality Rate today 7.4% of cases reported Mortality Rate in 1300’s 78% of population Online Plague Simulation Game http://health.howstuffworks.com/diseasesconditions/infectious/history-of-black-plague.htm http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/health-andhuman-body/human-diseases/plague-article/ http://news.discovery.com/human/health/black-death-plaguechina.htm http://news.discovery.com/search.htm?q=black%20plague http://scorescience.humboldt.k12.ca.us/fast/teachers/Plague/P.html