Ancient Egyptian Causes of Disease

This Medicine Through Time lesson investigates what the Ancient Egyptians believed caused and cured disease. It looks at causes such as Gods and evil spirits as well as natural thoughts such as blockages.

Although this lesson was made for GCSE students, it can easily be adapted for KS2 or KS3.

This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, information sheets with a table or mindmap to complete, mini-plenaries, a consolidation explain written question with sources and a plenary.

Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion.

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