Medicine L15 - Florence Nightingale & Hospitals

This lesson contains:

• A starter to recap previous knowledge from the course.

• An activity to produce a mind map using the information presented on the slides about hospitals prior to Florence Nightingale's influence and the problems with nursing.

• A background to Florence's life and her experiences in the Crimean War, with images to fuel a discussion. Students then use the information provided to complete a series of levelled questions on the board about her experiences in Crimea and the impact she then made at home.

• A study of a few source images to discuss how they relate to Florence's impact.

• A final overview of hospitals after Florence, to show the impact she had.

• An opportunity to answer an exam question about hospitals, comparing this era to the previous one.

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