The most terrible of all terrors

1
The most terrible of all terrors What makes a
good story about the Black Death?

• What happened when the Plague reached Melton.
• Who are the characters in your story?
• William Brewer
• His wife
• His children
• What happened when the Plague arrived in
• Melton?
• Who got it first?
• What did the villagers think was happening?
• What happened to someone when they got the
  Plague? (use page 26)
• What cures did the villagers try? (there were no
  doctors or modern medicines)
• What happened to the people who caught the
  disease?
• How many died?
• What happened to each of your characters?

2
The most terrible of all terrors What makes a
good story about the Black Death?

• The Village Meeting.
• The villagers are meeting in the Church.
• Who is there? (the Priest, the Lord of the
  Manor)
• How do they feel? (scared, afraid, worried,
  upset)
• What does William Brewer feel?
• What do people say at the meeting?
• What does William Brewer say is causing the
  disease? (person to person)
• What does William say should be done? (isolate
  infected people)
• What does the Priest say about what is causing
  the disease? (God sent it)
• What does the Preist say should be done? (pray
  to show God you are sorry)
• What does the Lord of the Manor say? (bad air
  use page 28)
• What does the Lord of the Manor say should be
  done? (use page 29)
• What did the villagers decide to do?
• How successful were they in controlling the
  Plague? (on average, a third died)

3
The most terrible of all terrors What makes a
good story about the Black Death?

• The Survivors.
• How many people survived in Melton.
• Who has survived and how do they feel? (scared,
  afraid, horror)
• What does William Brewer feel? (sadness at the
  death of his family)
• How did life get better for William and the other
  survivors?
• William is earning more wages (explain how much
  and why)
• William has more land (explain how and why)
• William has stopped working on the Lords land
  (explain why)
• William has a better standard of living (explain
  how it is better)
• Did anything else happen to William?
• Did William feel sad about his dead wife and
  family?
• Did William ever re-marry?