Students examine the development of the smallpox vaccination from the use of inoculation to Jenner’s use of a vaccination. Students explain the reaction to Jenner’s work and its impact.
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The 24 slide fully resourced lesson contains activities, tasks, practice exam questions, printable resources and all background knowledge:
- Slide 1: Title slide
- Slide 2-3: Warm Up - Pick 4 diseases from the list of 12 which children today are NOT vaccinated against. Answers included.
- Slide 4-5: Recap - Students given a 10 question quiz covering the previous lesson about the Public Health Act. Answers provided.
- Slide 6: Discussion - what is the difference between an inoculation and a vaccination?
- Slide 7: Think & Discuss - Why was there opposition to vaccinations (and today) in the 1700s? Answers provided.
- Slide 8: Starter Task 1 - Students given a chart/graph to show the impact of Jenner’s smallpox vaccination and have to infer information from it.
- Slide 9: Starter Task 2 - Students read an account of Jenner’s work and have to answer questions about his methods.
- Slide 10-11: Task 1 - Students sort the correct order of events covering Jenner’s development of the smallpox vaccination. Answers given.
- Slide 12: Task 2 - Students expected to consolidate their knowledge to sum up how Jenner developed the smallpox vaccination.
- Slide 13-14: Task 3 - Students identify which statements about the smallpox vaccination show positive or negative consequences. Includes printable resource.
- Slide 15: Task 4 - Follow up questions
- Slide 16-17: Learning Review - True or false quiz with answers.
- Slide 18-19: Lesson fact sheets/knowledge organisers
- Slide 20: EXAM FOCUS - Two examples of the 4 mark similarity and difference style questions.
- Slide 21: EXAM FOCUS - An example of the 12 mark ‘Explain why’ question linked to Jenner’s work.
- Slide 22: EXAM FOCUS - An example of an extended ‘How far do you agree’ question.
- Slide 23: Information poster showing the factors that cause continuity and change in history.
- Slide 24: More from RA Resources
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