This lesson examines how hospital care improved throughout the 18th and 19th century. In particular it looks at the development of cottage hospitals, voluntary hospitals, infirmaries and the workhouse as a form of care for the poor.

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The 26 slide fully resourced lesson contains activities, tasks, practice exam questions, printable resources and all background knowledge:

• Slide 1: Title slide
• Slide 2: Hospital Brain Teaser - with answer
• Slide 3-5: Recap - A multiple choice 8 question recap quiz of the influence of Florence Nightingale. Includes all answers and printable worksheet.
• Slide 6-7: Recap - A 10 question quiz covering hospital care in Medieval and Renaissance England with answers.
• Slide 8-9: Source Starter Activity - Students given 3 sources covering aspects of how hospitals improved. Prompt questions and printable resource included.
• Slide 10-13: Background information covering the foundation of Voluntary Hospitals, Cottage Hospitals, treatment for the poor.
• Slide 14-15: Task 1 - A worksheet which expects students to outline the ways that hospitals improved in this period and why. Includes printable resource.
• Slide 16: Task 2 - Students have the option of creating a poster informing people in the late 1900s of the types of hospital and care available to them.
• Slide 17: Challenge questions
• Slide 18-20: Learning Review crossword with answers and printable crossword
• Side 21-23: EXAM FOCUS - Examples of all exam questions with a link to the lesson content.
• Slide 24: A fact poster showing the factors that influenced continuity and change in the history of medicine in Britain.
• Slide 25: Lesson fact sheet
• Slide 26: More from RA Resources

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