Introduction
"The Great Famine (occasionally dated 1315–1322) was the first of a series of large scale crises that struck Europe early in the fourteenth century. Most of continental Europe (extending east to Russia and south to Italy) and Great Britan were affected.The famine caused millions of deaths over an extended number of years and marked a clear end to the period of prosperity from the eleventh to thirteenth centuries." (wikipedia for more info)
Task
At the end you will complete a quiz. The more information you have, the better. To find the answer, you must dig in the websites. If your answer is similar to the correct answer, give half credit. This is how to determine your answer. Count how many you have wrong, divide by two, mutiplpy by ten, add three, divide by three. Count how many are right, subtract five, add 10, mutiply by 2. add both right and wrong and divide by two. You have your score.
Process
Using these websites;
1)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_of_1315%E2%80%9317
2)http://www.vlib.us/medieval/lectures/black_death.html
3)http://www.examiner.com/article/the-great-famine-1315-1317
Find the answers to these questions:
1. When did the worst of the famines begin?
2. Ten to fifteen percent of the population died from what diseases?
3. The price of ____ began to rise.
4. When the people turned to the ______ for help, they proved powerless.
5. A wet Spring in the year _____ made it impossible to plow all of the fields that were ready for cultivation.
6. What was the only way to cure and preserve meat?
7. What did the price of salt rise to?
8. People gathered what food they could from the forests: edible roots,_____, grasses, ____, and bark.
9. What did parents abandon?
10. The famine killed up to ___ of the population.
Please write your answers on a piece of paper.
Evaluation
This is what you will be graded on...
1. Detail- put a clear answer with thought in it, not some random answer you think is correct.
2. Grammar- No "MayB" or "cuz" or any other shortened version, please type correctly.
3. Punctuation- I know you are just answering but please put your periods where they are supposed to be.
No fluff that does not go with the question, just the exact answer.
Each thing wrong take off half a point.
Conclusion
Congratulations!!! It may not seem worth it but if you remember this, when you have a test you will thank me. Feel free to give yourself a pat on the back because you are super smart! You are an amazing person that has just completed something so easy that no one would think it possible but i salute you!
You should have learned:
1. The famine began in 1315
2. That the population died from pneumonia, bronchitis, tuberculosis, and other sicknesses.
3. Salt price began to rise.
4. When the people turned to the church for help they did not.
5. The wet spring was in 1315.
6. Only way to cure and preserve meat was with salt.
7. The price rose from 30 shillings to 40 shillings.
8. Ate edible roots, plants, grasses, nuts, and bark.
9. The parents abondoned their children.
10. Killed up to 25%
Credits
I used these websites and please go through them.
1) Wikipedia.com
2) vlib.us
3) examiner.com
I hope you enjoyed this and feel smart and acomplished.