Medicine Through Time Intro / Overview

This lesson has been designed as an introduction lesson to the GCSE course Medicine Through Time. In groups or pairs, students are given a copy of the timeline and the 10 statements or clues and have to work out in which time period the medical idea or treatment belongs. I have also included a slide for online version which allows students to drag and drop labels onto the timeline which can be completed for homework or during lockdown

The aims and objectives of this lesson are:

Theme: The History of Medicine

• Know: How did people treat medical problems in the past?
• Understand: How have medical ideas and treatments changed over time?
• Evaluate: What has changed and what has stayed the same?
• Skills: Source Analysis, Change and Continuity

WILF – What Am I Looking For?

• Identify & describe: How people treated medical problems in the past?
• Explain: How have medical ideas and treatments changed over time?
• Analyse: What has changed and what has stayed the same?

When you purchase this lesson you will be able to download a fully editable Microsoft PowerPoint which includes, aims, objectives, information slides starters, plenaries and resources sheets for the main activities. In preparation for the lesson you will need to print off a class set of the timeline, statements and their matching picture clues. These could be cut up or printed off on A3 sheets. The picture clues have been included as differentiation for SEND students, but can also be used to provide clues for the more able. Once students have matched the clues to the time periods, they can then feedback their results for a class discussion.

The follow on for the lesson would be to look at the different factors which have influenced the development of medicine through time. I’ve also included a link to a video clip on You Tube, which can be used either before or after the main activity.

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Roy