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Students examine the features of hospital care, care in the community and the role of women in health care in the Renaissance period.

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The 22 slide fully resourced lesson contains activities, tasks, practice exam questions, printable resources and all background knowledge:

• Slide 1: Title slide
• Slide 2: Warm Up - Spot the difference between a Medieval hospital and hospital in the 1600s. Answers in the notes section.
• Slide 3: Starter Source - An illustration of a grand hospital built in the late 1600s. Students infer from it what it shows about hospital care by the 1600s. Prompt questions provided with answers in the notes.
• Slide 4-5: Recap - A 9 multiple choice question quiz to recap hospital and community healthcare in Medieval England. Answers revealed.
• Slide 6-8: Starter - Students are given one of eight sources/extracts which all mention the role of women in medicine and healthcare in the Renaissance period. They infer information from them about healthcare in Renaissance England with the help of prompt questions on the source cards.
• Slide 9: Background information about care in the home and local community in Renaissance England with a question about why it remained a popular choice for treatment. Answers revealed.
• Slide 10-11: Task - Students use the fact sheet to compare hospital care in Medieval England with detailed facts about hospital care in Renaissance England. Students use this to think about how far hospitals improved.
• Slide 12: Questions covering care in the community and the role of women.
• Slide 13: Learning Review 1 - Sentence finishers
• Slide 14-15: Learning Review 1 - Who or what am I? 6 question quiz with answers.
• Slide 16: Lesson fact sheet.
• Slide 17: EXAM FOCUS - Two examples of the similarity and difference questions with suggested sentence starters.
• Slide 18-19: EXAM FOCUS - Two examples of the 12 mark ‘Explain why’ questions.
• Slide 20: EXAM FOCUS - An example of the 16 mark ‘How far do you agree’ question.
• Slide 21: A poster/information slide about the factors which cause continuity and change.
• Slide 22: More from RA Resources

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