The nursery rhyme, "Ring Around the Rosie" is said to have its origins with the Black Death. A "rosy" rash would appear as a symptom, then people carried posies, a type of herb as protection to ward off the smell of the disease. Sneezing, coughing, and wheezing until "one falls down" was the final stage before death. To demonstrate what you have learned about the Black Death, complete one of the following:

Construct a series of stanzas of a poem (like the nursery rhyme) on the origins and spread of the Black Death.