The Black Death

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The Black Death
1348 - 1350
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Starter

• On The Game of Death the commands (move
  forward/back) on the squares have been blanked
  out.
• In pairs, read the information in the squares and
  decide upon a suitable command for each one
• E.g Go forward 2 spaces OR wait a turn

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Lesson Objectives

• To develop your knowledge and understanding of
  The Black Death
• To explore strategies for creating your own board
  game
• To create your own board game

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You will do this by

• Studying examples of famous board games.
• Creating a board game on The Black Death
• Making up appropriate rules for your board game

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Activity

• In pairs, you are going to use your knowledge of
• The Black Death to make your own board game by
• - Coming up with a suitable title
• - Adding information and commands to the squares
• - Writing a set of rules for your game

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Buboe!
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What is the AIM of snakes and ladders?
To here
To get from here
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Think
What could be the AIM of the Black Death board
game?
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• THINK How do you play Monopoly?
• What makes the game more interesting?

Special squares
Community Chest
Rewards
Chance cards
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Think
How could you make your Black Death board game
more interesting?
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Ideas

• IMPORTANT
• Think of the aim of your game
• Make your game more exciting by adding extra
  features such as
• - Question cards or Chance cards
• - Special squares (Monopoly Go to Jail Square)
• Use the examples we have looked at to help you
  but try to come up with your own ideas

YOU MUST FINISH BY THE END OF THE LESSON