What is the matter with Thomas?

Age 7-11 (KS2)
Age 11-14 (KS3)

A powerpoint presentation (with sounds) that enable the children to follow the progress of the Black Death around Europe and to study the mode of transmission. Very easy to understand and clear images. Also included is a worksheet on animals used in the First World War.

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Published 12 Nov 2008

Contributed by Helen Weston — Contributor Risca Community School

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What is the matter with Thomas

1What is the matter with Thomas?Teachable.net 2008. Some rights reserved
http://teachable.net/res.asp?r=1934 2The story starts 5 days before August 8th 13483Whilst Thomas is bartering with the merchants on the dockside he feels something bite him on the leg!4The Bite!!5Where could the bite have come from? He couldn t see anything. Let s take a look on the ship and see if there is anything there!6Inside the ship7The ship is crawling with rats!!8But the bites are not rat bites! What could they be ? Let s take a closer look at the rats.9What s this on the rats back?10Fleas!!The Oriental Rat Flea11But where did they come from?12So what happened to Thomas?A huge buboe under his armAugust 9th 134813What next?He began to vomit and run a fever.August 10th 134814Anything else?Dark blotches appear on his skinAugust 11th 134815 Day 4Thomas is in agony! His body has spasmsAugust 12th 134816Which brings us to where we started.August 13th 134817 What happened to Thomas? 18Let s recap.19 Sometimes the

Animals in the war (sen)

Animals in World War 1
During the War animals were used a great deal to help the situation at the front. Many animals gave their lives to help the men fighting in the trenches.
It has taken till 2003 for the animals that worked so hard to be acknowledged. A memorial to these hardworking creatures is being created at the moment.
HORSES

Horses pulling gun carriages in 1919
Horses had always been used in the British cavalry. They had been really important in every war until the First World War. Everyone thought the cavalry would be just as effective during the fighting at the front. Unfortunately the mud barbed wire and deadly machine-gun fire made a cavalry charge impossible. Almost million horses were killed during the fighting.

Dead horses mown down by machine guns 1919
Horses were used for the cavalry for pulling heavy wagons heavy artillery and ambulances

Horses pulling an

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