Edward Jenner Smallpox Vaccination - AQA - GCSE

Students examine the significance, impact and opposition towards Edward Jenner’s development of the smallpox vaccination in the late 1700s. Suitable for GCSE and can easily be adapted for KS3 students.

A 21 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 introduction and outcomes
• Slide 3-4: Warm Up - Students pick four illnesses that people are still not vaccinated against in the modern world. Answers included.
• Slide 5: Think & Discuss - The difference between inoculation and vaccination
• Slide 6: Think & Discuss - Why do students think the use of vaccinations would be opposed at the time? Are any of these reasons valid today?
• Slide 7: Starter 1 - Source Analysis of a chart showing the death rate before and after the use of the smallpox vaccination.
• Slide 8: Starter 2: Source analysis of Edward Jenner’s work with prompt questions
• Slide 9-10: Task 1 - Students order the main events which led to Jenner’s development of the smallpox vaccination.
• Slide 11: Task 2 - Students use the main image and 6 key terms to explain the importance of Jenner’s work.
• Slide 12-13: Task 3 - A sort task to identify the positive and negative impact of the vaccination. Includes printable worksheet and exam style challenge question.
• Slide 14: Follow up challenge questions
• Slide 15-16: Analysis of the famous ‘Wondrous effects of the new inoculation’ cartoon with questions and answers.
• Slide 17-18: Learning Review - True or False - With answers
• Slide 19-20: Lesson fact sheets/knowledge organisers
• Slide 21: Poster/information slide showing the factors that cause change.

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