William Harvey - AQA - GCSE History

Students examine the work and significance of William Harvey’s Renaissance discovery that the heart pumps blood around the body.

A 25 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
• Slide 3-4: Ambroise Pare recap - 8 question multiple choice quiz with answers
• Slide 5-6: Warm Up - Bloody Facts - with answers
• Slide 7: Starter Source - Students examine an image of a 1600s fire pump to discuss its links to William Harvey’s work.
• Slide 8: Starter Source & background information about the methods used by William Harvey.
• Slide 9: Starter Source and background information about the support of the English monarchy for Harvey’s work.
• Slide 10-11: Background information about William Harvey’s discoveries
• Slide 12-13: Task 1 - A printable worksheet with instructions to use alongside the lesson fact sheet.
• Slide 14: Task 2 Option - A printable fact sheet printable
• Slide 15: Task 3 Option - A printable explanation sheet to help students analyse the influences on William Harvey.
• Slide 16: Task 4 Option - A table based task to help students explain Harvey’s significance.
• Slide 17: Challenge questions
• Slide 18-19: Learning Review 1 - Students decide if each of the 10 statements relates to William Harvey or Andreas Vesalius. Answers included.
• Slide 20-22: Learning Review 2 - Students decide if each statement relates to Harvey, Pare or Vesalius. Answers included
• Slide 23-24: William Harvey picture activity with answers
• Slide 24: Lesson fact sheet/knowledge organiser
• Slide 25: Poster/fact slide showing the facts that influenced change in Medicine in Britain.

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