when a large number of people get the same disease over the same period of time

a type of germ which sometimes causes disease

when people are kept away from others because they have, or might have, a disease

The Black Death

History

Medieval ideas about the causes of illness and disease

Medieval approaches to treating and preventing disease

Medieval surgery

Medieval caregivers

The role of Christianity in Medieval medicine

The nature and importance of Islamic medicine and surgery

Medieval public health in towns and monasteries

Renaissance ideas about disease and illness

Renaissance approaches to treatment and prevention

Renaissance changes in anatomy and surgery

William Harvey

Hospital care in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries

The Great Plague of 1665

John Hunter

Edward Jenner and vaccination

New 19th century ideas about the causes of disease and illness

19th century approaches to treatment and prevention

A 19th century revolution in surgery

The growth of hospital care in the 19th century

Fighting cholera in London in the 19th century

Improvements in public health in the 19th century

Modern advances in understanding the causes of illness and disease

Modern improvements in diagnosis

The development of magic bullets and antibiotics

Modern approaches to medical treatment

Improvements in modern surgery

The Liberal reforms and public health

The welfare state and the NHS

Modern approaches to the prevention of illness and disease

The fight against lung cancer in the 21st century

In this unit, pupils learn about a theme in British history over a period of roughly 1000 years. They examine this theme, analysing the impact it had in Medieval, Early Modern, Industrial and Modern Britain, with a particular focus on change and continuity.

Thematic Studies

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Depiction or discussion of famine, disease, natural disasters.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Physical illness or injury, medical procedures, blood.

How much of Britain's population died during the Black Death?

What is a situation where a large number of people get the same disease over the same period of time known as?

A {{}} involves people being kept away from others because they have or might have a disease.

What did most scholars claim caused the Black Death?

For each explanation used to say what caused the Black Death, identify the medical response it encouraged.

There were no effective responses to the Black Death.

Bloodletting was an effective treatment for the Black Death.

Mercury was an effective treatment for the Black Death.

Quarantines could be an effective way of preventing the Black Death's spread.

Flagellation could be an effective way of preventing the Black Death's spread.

What is a large underground hole that is used for collecting human waste known as?

What punishment did Parliament introduce in 1388 for people who dumped waste in ponds and streams?

worried about pollution affecting wildlife

Why did dirty streets and rivers concern medieval authorities?

towns lacked skill workers who could build privies

Why were town authorities reluctant to build more public privies?

sparse populations make it harder for diseases to spread

sparse populations meant that more privies were built

sparse populations meant that the air was fresher

Why was the remote location of monasteries good for public health there?

Starter Quiz

What is a large underground hole that is used for collecting human waste known as?