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**This lesson takes a look at the people who were available to treat the sick in Medieval Britain such as surgeons, apothecaries, physicians, wise women. **

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The 25 slide fully resourced lesson contains activities, tasks, practice exam questions, printable resources and all background knowledge:

• Slide 1: Title slide
• Slide 2: Warm Up - For 6 example medical problems, students think about where or who they might go and see today if they needed medical help.
• Slide 3-4: Recap 1 - Students should recap the methods used to treat and prevent illness in Medieval England using the images provided. Answers included.
• Slide 5-7: Recap 2 - Students need to match up the various Medieval treatments to their description. Answers and printable resource included.
• Slide 8: An overview of the main medical roles in Medieval England.
• Slide 9-13: Background information covering all the roles covered in the lesson such as the physician, apothecary, barber surgeon, quacks, women and wise women.
• Slide 14-15: Task 1 - The interview/top trumps activity with printable resource and instructions.
• Slide 16: Alternative table based task based on using the fact sheet.
• Slide 17: Challenge questions
• Slide 18-19: Learning Review - Who am I? Answers provided.
• Slide 20: Lesson fact sheet
• Slide 21-23: EXAM FOCUS - Examples of the three different exam questions for this unit.
• Slide 24: An information sheet covering all of the factors that cause continuity and change (included in all lessons).
• Slide 25: More from RA Resources.

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