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  1. History Lessons
  2. World History
  3. 1300s
  4. The Black Death in Florence
Topic: World History
Time Period: 1300s

The Black Death in Florence

This lesson focuses on the skill of evaluating evidence. Students determine whether or not a series of sources would provide reliable information on the Black Death in Florence, Italy, and then evaluate a first-hand account of the plague. This lesson includes an assessment featuring a passage from the Decameron that can be used independently or along with the lesson plan.

Image: The first surviving depiction of Florence, a fresco created in 1342 by Bernardo Daddi. From the Wikimedia Commons.

Image: The first surviving depiction of Florence, a fresco created in 1342 by Bernardo Daddi. From the Wikimedia Commons.

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