This lesson explores the background, work and impact of Joseph Lister’s work with antiseptics and carbolic acid. Students then question his importance.
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Clear learning aims and achievements
Recap task: Key words linked to the lesson
Starter activities: A range of visual sources, mainly illustrations to examine the before and after of antiseptics.
Background information: About the life and work of Lister
Task Sheet: A worksheet covering all aspects of Lister’s work with questions progessively becoming more challenging.
Exam focus: A 16 and 12 mark question with structure advice
Plenary: What was more important - Antiseptics or anaesthetics?
FACT SHEET: Every lesson comes with a fact sheet which can be given to the students as a replacement for a text book. This means you will not need any other resources for the lesson unless you feel you would like to offer more…
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