Life After the Black Death Worksheets, Medieval Change & Source, Digital-Print

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Description

No-prep Life After the Black Death worksheets with activity designed for middle and high school history classrooms. This digital and print resource explores how the Black Death reshaped European society—shifting power dynamics, breaking down feudalism, and inspiring revolt and reflection. Students use source-based comprehension tasks, cause-and-effect activities, and reflection writing to understand the long-term impact of the plague. Editable slides and a full solution key support flexible instruction across ability levels.

What’s Included

Editable slide presentation (PPTX)
Visual overview of how the Black Death changed medieval society: wages, religion, revolt, and worldview
Comprehension worksheets with activity (PDF & digital)
Covers economic effects, labour changes, feudalism’s decline, and the Peasants’ Revolt
Source-based comprehension questions
Scaffolded questions with extension prompts for deeper thinking
Cause and consequence thinking task
Students connect the Black Death to rising wages, legal resistance, and peasant uprisings
Perspective writing prompt
Students write a reflective diary entry as a medieval peasant living through the change
Solution key
Includes full answers to all comprehension and writing activities

Skills Developed Through This Activity:

Cause-and-effect historical reasoning
Primary and secondary source comprehension
Empathy and historical perspective
Structured paragraph writing
Comparative thinking and societal change analysis
Visual and textual source interpretation

How to Use this Activity in your Classroom:

Start with the editable slides to introduce post-plague social and economic shifts
Assign comprehension worksheets for guided practice or homework
Use the before-and-after chart to support visual learners
Incorporate writing prompts for summative assessments or exit tickets
Leverage the solution key for quick feedback or peer review

Extension Activities with the Resource:

Mock news report: Students write a medieval “news broadcast” about the Peasants’ Revolt
Class debate: Did the Black Death weaken or strengthen society?
Comparative writing: Link changes in art and religion to broader shifts in thinking
Gallery walk: Display and annotate student diary reflections
Map task: Chart areas most affected by population decline