Supporting Home Learning in Year 9 Enquiry. Medicine in Britain, c1250–present.
The study of change in Medicine from 1250 to the present involves investigating changing explanations of the causes of disease and illness and their relationship to emerging treatments and preventatives in the Medieval period, Renaissance, Industrial Revolution and the 20th and 21st Centuries. |
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The process of change
In studying the Medicine through time 1250-2020 content defined explamations of causes of ilness and disease and its treatment, students should understand how key features in the development of medicine were linked with the key features of society in Britain. They should develop an understanding of the nature and process of change. This will involve understanding patterns of change, trends and turning points, and the influence of factors inhibiting or encouraging change within periods and across the theme. The key factors are: individuals and institutions (Church and government); science and technology; and attitudes in society. They should also understand how factors worked together to bring about particular developments at particular times. The selected case studies of each period exemplify, in context, explanations of the causes of illness and its treatment They provide opportunities to explore the operation of the key factors and to make detailed comparisons over time. |
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Key Topic 1. c1250–c1500: Medicine in Medieval England.
3 Case studies. How did Medieval people explain and treat the Black Death 1348?
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Independent LearningKey Notes and Exam Questions
1 KT1 F1 Explanations of Causes 2 KT1 F2 Treatments and Preventions 3 KT1 F3 The Black Death 1348
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Medieval Treatments Medieval Medical Training Medieval Hospitals Public Health so deadly 1350-1750 Stretch and challenge
1 Timeline 2 Medieval Causes 3 Medieval Treatments and prevention 4 The Black Death 5 The Black Death Quiz
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Key Topic 3. c1700–c1900: Medicine in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain
3 Case Studies
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Independent LearningKey Notes and Exam Questions
1 KT3 F1 Explanations of Causes 2 KT3 F2 Treatments and Preventions 3 KT3 F3 Edward Jenner smallpox 1798 4 KT3 F4 Cholera and Jon Snow 1854
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Medical Training in the 18th and 19th C Who was Edwin Chadwick? Public Health improve in the 19th C Who was Dr Jon Snow? Stretch and Challenge
1 Timeline 2 Industrial causes 3 Chadwick, Cholera and Jon Snow 4 Pasteur and Koch causes 5 Florence Nightingale 6 Surgery 7 Edward Jenner and vaccination 8 John Snow and cholera |
Key Topic 4. c1900–present: Medicine in Modern Britain.
3 Case studies
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Independent LearningKey Notes and Exam Questions
1 KT4 F1 Explanations of Causes 2 KT4 F2 Treatments and Preventions 3 KT4 F3 Fleming and Penecillin 4 KT4 F4 Lung Cancer
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Salvarsan 606. The First Magic Bullet Prontosil. The Second Magic Bullet. Public health 1900-1948 Public Health in the 20th Century Public Health improve i19th and 20th C The story of DNA Stretch and challenge
1 Timeline 2 Modern causes 3 Modern Treatments 4 Penecillin 5 Modern Treatments and Prevention NHS 6 Fleming, Florey and Chain Peniciilin 7 Lung Cancer |
To what extent did public health change 1250-present day?
1 Medieval Towns |
2 The Black Death |
3 The Great Plague |
4 Urban Slums |
5 Cities Transformed |
6 Public Health |