Students examine the development in methods to diagnose, treat and prevent lung cancer in the UK with a focus on the role of advances in science and technology

UPDATED & RE-VAMPED CONTENT IN LINE WITH THE 2026 SPEC

The 20 slide fully resourced lesson contains activities, tasks, practice exam questions, printable resources and all background knowledge:

• Slide 1: Title slide
• Slide 2: Starter Discussion - What is Cancer? How is cancer diagnosed, treated and how can we prevent it?
• Slide 3-4: Lung Cancer Fact Quiz - A simple statistics/fact based quiz to help students understand the significance of lung cancer in modern society. Answers included.
• Slide 5: Starter Discussion - What methods can the government use to stop people from smoking?
• Slide 6: Source analysis - Students are shown a graph which outlines cases of smoking and cases of lung cancer from c.1900 - 2010 and have to infer information from it.
• Slide 7: Background information covering what cancer is and how it impacts the body.
• Slide 8: Background information covering how smoking became common and fashionable in the early part of the 20th century.
• Slide 9: Background information covering the government’s reaction to the link between smoking and lung cancer.
• Slide 10: Background information covering passive smoking.
• Slide 11-12: Task 1 - Students sort through the many actions that the government have taken to stop people from smoking. Includes printable worksheet.
• Slide 13: Task 2 - A worksheet for students to write on while using the information from the lesson and the lesson fact sheet.
• Slide 14: Challenge questions
• Slide 15: Lesson fact sheets
• Slide 16-18: EXAM FOCUS - Examples of assessment/exam questions
• Slide 19: Information sheet covering the factors in history which cause continuity and change.
• Slide 20: More from RA Resources

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