Medicine Living Timeline (pdf) All the cards that you need for the key dates and factors in the History of Medicine to create a Living Timeline - you may need some string to show how some factors stretched over a long period of time. External link to comptonhistory.com

Medicine - 12 key people (pdf) This is a series of revision cards that can be cut and pasted into a revision poster based on the key events in the Medicine course. External link to comptonhistory.com

An A to Z of deadly diseases. An overview of the way that scientists have attempted to tackle diseases over time.

How far did medical ideas from the Ancient World continue to be used in the Middle Ages?

 

Change and continuity in the Ancient World - can be used as an introduction with pupils then asked to predict what changes and continuities they would expect to see as we move into the Medieval period. From thinkinghistory.co.uk

Big Brother meets History of Medicine: Debating Significance - can be adapted to consider the longevity of the ideas of each individual and their impact on medieval medicine. From thinkinghistory.co.uk

The Four Humours (MS Word). Information sheet with accompanying diagrams, sources and activities.

Four Humours made simple. A simple but effective active learning exercise that makes the theory of the four humours easy to understand. From thinkinghistory.co.uk

Meet Oswald of Ormskirk, Medieval Physician - a script for a teacher led run through of medical practices at the time. From thinkinghistory.co.uk

Medicine in the Middle Ages. (MS Word) An overview sheet that pupils complete as part of a research lesson.

Medieval medicine simulation. This activity has more able pupils acting as doctors, physicians etc from a variety of backgrounds and the remainder of the class acting as patients. Each doctors diagnosis and recomended cure / remedy is noted then evaluated.

Information about the activity.(All files are MS Word) Resources for doctors. Resources for patients. Additional notes.

Black Death Bingo. (MS Word) A series of bingo cards for pupils to 'play' whilst watching this short video about the Black Death (.wmv file format)

The Black Death. Powerpoint and worksheets (pdf format).

Pare, Vesalius and Henri II - Report the big news of 1559; simulate the work of Pare and Vesalius as they struggle to save Henri II; identify key aspects of Renaissance Medicine. From thinkinghistory.co.uk

Pare - Why did it happen then? - Explore the reasons why Pare made his surgical breakthrough by creating a mobile factors web. From thinkinghistory.co.uk

Arteries, Veins and Capillaries – what Harvey couldn’t see! Use a tin of tomatoes to help students understand Harvey's discovery. From thinkinghistory.co.uk

Andreas Vesalius. (MS Word) Background information with a series of exam style questions. A version of this resource incorporating answers for pupils to evaluate can be downloaded from this link (MS Word).

Medicine in the Renaissance. (MS Word) Detailed notes followed by a series of exam style questions. Useful as an end of unit assessment.

Renaissance timeline. (MS Word) I give this timeline to pupils at the start of their study of the Renaissance and ask them to add to it as they progress through their study of the period. It then acts as a handy reference point.

Renaissance Chart. (MS Word) A simple chart to record the factors and new technologies that led to a number of people making significant breakthroughs.

Renaissance Chart 2. (MS Word) A more complicated task than the previous chart. Here pupils look for factors, evidence of changing beliefs and practices and examples of continuity and change.

William Harvey. (MS Word) A series of activities about the factors that led to Harvey's breakthroughs. Accompanied by a prompt sheet.

Public Health and the Great Plague.

The Great Plague. (MS Word) A data rich enquiry into the Great Plague. Makes use of newspaper reports, statistics and supplementary information to guide learners through a series of activities. A shorter variation of part of this activity is available here.

Medicine in the Industrial Revolution. Notes and self test.

Sickton. Visit this imaginary town in 1861 and see what conditions were like.

Edward Jenner. (MS Word) A source based investigation into the manner of Jenner's successes.

Infectious Disease. (MS Word) An overview of the way in which infectious diseases and infections in general have been combatted. Includes classification activities and a matching activity.

Vaccination timeline. Flashcards produced by Dan Lyndon. They can be used in a living timeline exercise to reenforce the factors that led to the breakthroughs. External link to comptonhistory.com

Methods of diagnosis and treatment in the 19th century.

Knowledge about the body and disease in the 20th century.

Interactive Diagram on the Welfare State.

Salvarsan – Guiding the Psychopathic Germ Killer. This activity explains simply, but powerfully, why Salvarsan was effective, but risky. Activity by Ian Luff. From thinkinghistory.co.uk

The Penicillin Game (word) A snakes and ladders game to give pupils an overview of the development of Penicillin. External link to comptonhistory.com

Interactive exercises on the origins of the NHS.

National Health Service podcast (pdf) Create a podcast to celebrate the first anniversary of the National Health Service. Interview a pensioner about the improvements that have taken place. External link to comptonhistory.com

A Living Timeline of 20th C Healthcare (pdf) Students have to place the cards in chronological order and then work out the themes, before explaining which factor was the most important in improving medicine in the 20th C. External link to comptonhistory.com