Week 6 Home Learning - Northfield SchoolPaper 1 - 50% Section A: Britain: Health and the people: C1000 to the present day 1 hour Paper 2 - 50% Medieval – Medicine stands still Renaissance

Week 13 Home Learning

Part Three – 19th Century MedicineA revolution in medicine

Paper 2

Section A: Britain: Health and the people:C1000 to the present day

AQA GCSE History

Paper 1 - 50%

Section A:

Britain: Health and the people:

C1000 to the present day

1 hour

Paper 2 - 50%

Medieval – Medicine stands still

Renaissance – The beginnings of change

19th Century – A revolution in medicine

20th Century – Modern medicine

Day One

What caused infections? By the 19th century there were various theories about how infections came about and how epidemics spread. There were four main theories that doctors of the time debated:

• Spontaneous Generation

• Specificity

• Miasma

• Contagion

Day Two – Louis Pasteur

Louis Pasteur…

Pasteur was the first person to establish the link between germs and disease.

His discovery was vital to the work of two more bacteriologist we will study later.

Louis Pasteur’s Germ Theory

Day Three Memory Aid

Germ Theory made a VAST difference….

V = Vaccinations developed e.g ……A = Acts to improve public health e.g…..S = Surgery became safer e.g……T = Treatments improved e.g…….

Day Three Retention Lister

Answers

Day 4

About 50 minutes with 10 minutes for reading

Question 1 How useful is the source? 8 marks 10 minutes

Question 2 Explain the significance 8 marks 10 minutes

Question 3 Explain two ways? 8 marks 10 minutes

Question 4 Has … been the main factor? 16 marks+ 4 marks SPAG

20 minutes

Section A: Britain: Health and the people:C1000 to the present day

Think then and now.You will need to explain what was important about an event, individual or development at the time. (short-term impact)You will then need to explain that was important over time? (long-term consequences, influence today)

Q2. Explain the significance of the Germ Theory in the development of medicine in Britain. 8 marks

What are the command words?

What is the conceptual focus?

What is the content focus?

How many marks are available?

Decide … how to organise your answer before you start

Develop … your answer – make sure you explain and support

Demonstrate … complex thinking