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Students examine new ideas about the cause of disease covering the development of genetics, DNA and hereditary diseases.

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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 - Make up as many words as you can from the word ‘Genetics’
• Slide 3-4: Topic Recap - Students recap the main ideas about the cause of disease from the Medieval, Renaissance and 18th and 19th century. Includes answers.
• Slide 5: Starter discussion - Can we simply avoid becoming ill by avoiding germs? Includes discussion points and challenge question.
• Slide 6-8: Starter Activity - Students given 8 key terms from the lesson to match up. Includes answers and printable sheet.
• Slide 9-12: Background information covering the main events in the discovery of genetics/DNA/hereditary diseases.
• Slide 13-14: Task 1 - A printable worksheet with a variety of activities including a timeline.
• Slide 15: Task 2 - Students outline the main reasons why genetic research was possible.
• Slide 16: Follow up challenge tasks
• Slide 17: Lesson fact sheet/knowledge organiser
• Slide 18:EXAM FOCUS - Two examples of a similarity and difference question
• Slide 19: EXAM FOCUS - An example of an ‘Explain why’ question based on the lesson.
• Slide 20: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a ‘How far do you agree’ question based on the lesson.
• Slide 21: Information poster covering the main factors that cause continuity and change in history.
• Slide 22: More from RA Resources

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