How Hospitals Changed in the 18th & 19th Century - AQA - GCSE History

Students examine the changes/improvements which took place in Britain’s hospital system in the period c.1600-c.1900 including the founding of specialist hospitals, greater emphasis on diagnosis/treatment, the funding of hospitals and the differences with Medieval Hospitals.

A 19 slide fully resourced lesson containing warm up & learning review activities, a choice of tasks, printable resources and a printable knowledge organiser with all background knowledge:

• Slide 1: Title slide
• Slide 2: Lesson aims and outcomes
• Slide 3: Starter Source - Students use prompt questions to analyse an illustration of St Barts Hospital.
• Slide 4-5: Starter Sources Activity - Students study three different sources about hospitals by the 1700s and answer set questions. Printable worksheet included.
• Slide 6: Warm Up - Students compare an image of a Medieval hospital with an image of an 18th century hospital.
• Slide 7: Background information covering the main changes/improvements to hospitals in the 1700s.
• Slide 8-11: Background information about specialist hospitals built at the time
• Slide 12-13: Task 1 - Basic fact recall worksheet to be used with the fact sheet.
• Slide 14-15: Task 2 - Students use a printable resource to explain how hospitals changed/improved by the 1700s.
• Slide 16: Challenge questions
• Slide 17: Learning review pyramid
• Slide 18: Lesson fact sheet/knowledge organiser
• Slide 19: Fact sheet poster showing all the factors which cause change

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