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Students examine the role of John Snow in the fight against Cholera in London 1854.

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The 21 slide fully resourced lesson contains activities, tasks, practice exam questions, printable resources and all background knowledge:

• Slide 1: Title slide
• Slide 2-3: Recap - Students are given an opportunity to recap their knowledge of the Black Death and Great Plague using a table to compare the events. Printable resource included.
• Slide 4-5: Key Term Starter - Students define 8 key terms which are useful for their full understanding of the lesson. Printable resource included.
• Slide 6-9: Starter Source Analysis - Students are given 4 satirical cartoons about the cholera epidemic to analyse. Includes prompt questions and some answers in the notes section of each slide.
• Slide 10: Background information covering the actions of John Snow in the previous cholera outbreak of 1848.
• Slide 11: Task 1 - Students analyse a version of John Snow’s spot map and are given a series of prompt questions to help their analysis.
• Slide 12: Background information about Snow’s work in proving his theory about the link between dirty water and cholera.
• Slide 13: Task 2 - A worksheet activity on a printable worksheet.
• Slide 14: Task 3 - Students decide if the British government or John Snow deserve the credit for dealing with cholera. A sorting activity with challenge questions included.
• Slide 15: Learning Review - Students work together to outline their main learning points from the lesson about the significance of John Snow.
• Slide 16: Lesson Fact Sheet
• Slide 17: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a 4 mark ‘similarity’ and ‘difference’ question with suggested sentence starters.
• Slide 18: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a 12 mark ‘Explain why’ style question based on the lesson.
• Slide 19: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a 16 mark ‘How far do you agree’ question.
• Slide 20: Information slide/poster covering the factors that influence continuity and change in history.
• Slide 21: More from RA Resources

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