Humanities and Social Sciences / 7–10 History / Year 8 / Historical Knowledge and Understanding / Expanding contacts / The Black Death in Asia, Europe and Africa (14th century plague) / ACDSEH071
The immediate and long-term effects of the Black Death on Asian, European and African populations, and conflicting theories about the impact of the plague
using studies of church records from the period to identify the effect of the Black Death on human populations and to consider the reliability of these statistics
investigating the effects of the Black Death on society (for example, labour shortages, peasant uprisings, the weakening of feudal structures and increased social mobility)
categorising the effects of the Black Death as either short term or long term and drawing conclusions about the severity of the Black Death