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The Nerdy History Teacher

A selection of resources for History Teaching, for KS3 and GCSE (AQA and Edexcel). Subject specialist in Medicine and Scientific History.

A selection of resources for History Teaching, for KS3 and GCSE (AQA and Edexcel). Subject specialist in Medicine and Scientific History.
Revision Activity: Factors affecting medicine in the 1800s
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Revision Activity: Factors affecting medicine in the 1800s

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A revision/review activity for the all GCSE Medicine specifications. There are two tasks in this activity sheet, focusing on the role of factors in the development of medicine in the 1800s. First activity: students are asked to use all their knowledge so far to find examples of the different factors (war, teamwork, chance, seeking improvement/ambition, religion, individuals, science and technology, government, communications) at play in the 1800s and how they have improved medicine. Second activity: students are then to reflect on what they have revised and rank the 9 factors in a Diamond 9 in order of importance for medical development. A perfect activity for distance learning, revision, classwork or home learning.
The Enlightenment Gap Fill Activity
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The Enlightenment Gap Fill Activity

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A gap fill (/missing words/fill in the blanks) activity focused on the Enlightenment of the 1700s. This activity covers the decline in the impact of the church, growth in interest in sciences and the Scientific Revolution, and an overview of changes in medical beliefs and spread of pandemics. This activity is suitable for all Medicine through Time syllabuses. There are two activities per sheet, or the text could be copied and adapted to be set as online work on a vle/sharepoint platform.
Black Death: gap fill and ranking activity
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Black Death: gap fill and ranking activity

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There are two tasks on this worksheet: The first is a gap fill (/missing word/fill in the gaps) activity covering where the Black Death of 1347 came from, why is spread around the world so quickly, how humans get infected, symptoms of the bubonic plague, and medieval reactions to the disease. The second task is a ranking activity, asking students to reflect on what they have learnt in the gap fill and rank the reasons why the Black Death spread so quickly. This activity is suitable for all Medicine through Time syllabuses. Although this is a sheet-based activity, the text could be copied and adapted to be set as online work on a vle/sharepoint platform.