GCSE History Medicine in Britain - 1700-1900 Hospital & Care Improvements (Lesson 21)

This lesson examines how hospital care improved throughout the 18th and 19th century. In particular it looks at the development of cottage hospitals, voluntary hospitals, infirmaries and the workhouse as a form of care for the poor.

**The lesson includes: **

• Clear learning aims and achievements
• Recap task: What improvements did Nightingale inspire?
• Starter activity: Before and after, spot the difference task
• Background information: Cottage and volunteer hospitals as well as workhouses and the infirmaries.
• Task Sheet 1: Students complete several explanations to say why each improvement was possible.
• Task Sheet 2: Follow up and extension questions
• Exam focus: Example questions to fit the lesson and the topic so far.
• Additional Research: A focus on Great Ormond Street Hospital and its history
• 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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