Revision lesson on the History of medicine, what factors can be identified throughout time. How do they change, are they responsible for progression or regression in your opinion?

1. WALT: Identify factors
of change over time…
WILFs
E – Identify and describe the different factors of change over time.
C – Explain how they contributed to change over time.
B – Compare the different factors of change and explain progress or
regress.
A – Evaluate the different factors and give a judgment – Which caused
the most change?

2. What are they?
Write ONE word to
explain each factor –
Then write ONE sentence
and an example of it
through time.

3. Factors of change over time.
• Your task is to create a large table for positive change on
ONE side of A4 and another large table for Negative change
on ONE side of A4. - Draw an image and explain for each
• NOT ALL ARE POSSIBLE
Chance Communica
tion
Technology Education Individual Religion Governmen
t
Pre-
Historic
Egyptian
Greek
Roman

4. Now
• Next to each factor you must make a judgment – How much
has it contributed to the change for the whole period in
your opinion 1 out of 10…
• How important was Religion in change in Greek medicine?
• How important was Chance in changing Egyptian medicine?
Etc etc etc…
• How important was Religion over time?
• How important was Chance over time?

5. GALEN
• Who was Galen and what did he do !?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O9uYUjsJZs

6. What do you think these men
are looking at?

7. Homework
• Who was Galen and what did he do?
• Create an interview with the fabulous Galen – Use your textbook
and be creative.
Interviewer – Hi Galen, Im David Frost thank you for joining us today,
your hear to tell us about your fantastic new ideas for medicine right?
Could you tell the viewers a little more about them?
Galen – Hi David, a pleasure to be here in 161AD, as you know I am a
fabulous doctor, writer and philosopher.
Interviewer – Ok, thank you for that….information…
Galen – No problem, I studied in Greece don’t you know…
Interviewer - … Erm great… So, what is it that makes you so
fabulously famous?