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This bundle includes revision guides and revision resources for each unit of AQA GCSE History specification Britain: Health and the People: c1000 to the Present Day . There is also an additional revision guide that focuses on thematic factors, examination questions and examination technique.
The resources are suitable for Edexcel, OCR, WJEC GCSE History and iGCSE History.
The topics considered are:
Medicine Stands Still:
• Medieval medicine: approaches including natural, supernatural, ideas of Hippocratic and Galenic methods and treatments; the medieval doctor; training, beliefs about cause of illness.
• Medical progress: the contribution of Christianity to medical progress and treatment; hospitals; the nature and importance of Islamic medicine and surgery; surgery in medieval times, ideas and techniques.
• Public health in the Middle Ages: towns and monasteries; the Black Death in Britain, beliefs about its causes, treatment and prevention.
The Beginnings of Change:
• The impact of the Renaissance on Britain: challenge to medical authority in anatomy, physiology and surgery; the work of Vesalius, Paré, William Harvey; opposition to change.
• Dealing with disease: traditional and new methods of treatments; quackery; methods of treating disease; plague; the growth of hospitals; changes to the training and status of surgeons and physicians; the work of John Hunter.
• Prevention of disease: inoculation; Edward Jenner, vaccination and opposition to change.
A Revolution in Change:
• The development of Germ Theory and its impact on the treatment of disease in Britain: the importance of Pasteur, Robert Koch and microbe hunting; Pasteur and vaccination; Paul Ehrlich and magic bullets; everyday medical treatments and remedies.
• A revolution in surgery: anaesthetics, including Simpson and chloroform; antiseptics, including Lister and carbolic acid; surgical procedures; aseptic surgery.
• Improvements in public health: public health problems in industrial Britain; cholera epidemics; the role of public health reformers; local and national government involvement in public health improvement, including the 1848 and 1875 Public Health Acts.
Modern Medicine:
• Modern treatment of disease: the development of the pharmaceutical industry; penicillin, its discovery by Fleming, its development; new diseases and treatments, antibiotic resistance; alternative treatments.
• The impact of war and technology on surgery: plastic surgery; blood transfusions; X-rays; transplant surgery; modern surgical methods, including lasers, radiation therapy and keyhole surgery.
• Modern public health: the importance of Booth, Rowntree, and the Boer War; the Liberal social reforms; the impact of two world wars on public health, poverty and housing; the Beveridge Report and the Welfare State; creation and development of the National Health Service; costs, choices and the issues of healthcare in the 21st century.
The resources that I have created have enabled my GCSE History class to attain a four-year mean of P8 +0.81. My GCSE History cohorts have consistently attained the most Level 9 grades in any class at my current school and I am proud to have inspired and helped several students pursue and successfully read History at Oxbridge. Finally, outcomes for this specific component - Britain: Health and the People: c1000 to the Present Day - were above average according to AQA Enhanced Results Analysis. This is, in-part, due to being a senior examiner for the examination board for this specific component of the GCSE History course.
I have worked for AQA as part of the examination team for nearly 10 years and considering the recent developments within education, all my original resources have been amended and updated for students studying GCSE History. In addition, I have utilised feedback from students, fellow professionals, experienced colleagues and my own professional judgement to ensure that each resource will help you to teach quality history lessons to ensure that each student achieves their personal best.
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