Students will begin by learning what ideas, both rational and supernatural, people in medieval England (1250-1500) had about the causes of disease and illness. They will learn about the Theory of the Four Humours, the Treatment of Opposites and the continuing influence of Hippocrates and Galen throughout the period before exploring how ineffective these were in the attempt to cope with the impact of the Black Death. Students will then study continuity and change during the Medical Renaissance (1500-1700) including the work of Sydenham, Vesalius and Harvey before a comparison between the 1665 plague and the Black Death. They will also study the importance of factors such as the invention of the printing press, the Reformation and the rise of humanism.
unpleasant smell, bad air causes disease
Body contains four fluids, and when people are healthy they are perfectly balanced when people fall sick they are imbalanced.
’care not cure’ - a place to go for care, food and shelter, run by the church
the black death was a pestilence, a fatal epidemic disease
Disease that spreads quickly
Set up in 1660 to discuss new ideas in medicine and science. Sponsored scientists
Revival of ideas from 1500-1700.
Hospitals that specialised in one disease
Machine for printing text/pictures, discovered in 1440.
The medical landscape since 1700 has transformed enormously and students will study the influence of Louis Pasteur’s Germ Theory, Edward Jenner and other key individuals central to this shift in medical prevention and treatment. As they move to the 20th century, students will learn how scientists such as Crick and Watson began to investigate causes of disease not related to microbes but genetics and lifestyle factors. The development of Magic bullets and the impact of the NHS will also be considered before finishing with a case study on the fight against one of modern Britain’s deadliest killers: lung cancer.
the injection into the body of weakened organisms to give the body resistance against disease.
refers to the well being of the whole community.
discovered in 1861 when Pasteur first said that a germ caused disease.
a drug or drugs given to make a patient unconscious during surgery
Chemicals used to destroy bacteria and prevent infection
A person who is appointed to look after the Public Health of an area
A liquid whose vapour acts as an anaesthetic and produces unconsciousness
Deoxyribonucleic acid, the molecule that genes are made of.
The first antibiotic drug produced from the mould of penicillium to treat infections.
Blood poisoning caused by the spread of bacteria from an infected area.
A bacterium that causes infections such as scarlet fever and pneumonia
a antibacterial drug used to treat bronchitis and pneumonia.
In this unit students will learn how developments in medicine in the early 20th century contributed to the treatment of soldiers in the British sector of the Western Front. They will also learn about the types of injuries and illnesses that were experienced by soldiers and the different types of surgery and medicine used to treat soldiers in WWI.
a 400-plus mile stretch of land weaving through France and Belgium from the Swiss border to the North Sea
A highly contagious disease transmitted by lice, that infested soldiers in the trenches in the First World War.
a painful condition of the feet caused by long immersion in cold water or mud and marked by blackening and death of surface tissue.
The infection of dead tissue causing.
The infection of dead tissue causing a foul smelling gas.
The removal of a limb by surgery
Royal Army Medical Corp
First Aid Nurses Yeomanry
the transfer of blood from one person to another
The system of splitting the wounded into groups according to who needs the most urgent attention.
Students continue their GCSE studies with a study of Early Elizabethan England. They will begin by studying Elizabeth accession to the throne, the problems she faced and her solutions. They will then look at the threats to her reign from home and abroad. This will include looking at plots and the political rivalry between England and Spain including the Spanish Armada. Looking closely at the reasons why the Armada was sent, and the consequences of the armada.
When the Queen comes to power
Community of people who lived with the Queen, includes advisors, officials and ladies in waiting.
The legal process by Henry VII where he closed and Catholic Monasteries.
The teaching and beliefs of the church.
Religious rite when wine and bead representing the body and blood of Christ.
The committee of ministers appointed by Elizabeth to advise her.
Protestants who wanted to remove all Catholic practices and rituals from the new Church of England.
A Christian movement in the 16th Century when Europe would break away from the Roman Catholic Church.
Religious toleration is explored in connection with Elizabeth's early domestic policies.
Students will continue their study of Elizabeth's reign by looking at 4 key Catholic plots against Elizabeth. They focus with an analysis into the significance of the events of the Revolt of the Northern Earls and why it and the other plots failed. Students then study the deteriorating relations between Spain and the causes of war between England and the Spanish Armada in 1588.
An official envoy representing a state or country.
people who settled in a colony.
A country under full or partial control of another.
To be excommunicated from the Catholic Church.
A large sailing ship with several decks, used by Spain as a warship.
The practice of attacking and robbing ships at sea.
Vagrancy, homelessness, wandering without purpose.
Wandering beggars who often turned to crime. They were seen as a threat to society and treated harshly.
Bars of gold and silver, such as those being shipped to the Spanish Netherlands.
Can the exploitation of the New World in pursuit of economic advantage ever be justified?
This unit is an in depth study of the Weimar republic between 1918 and 1933. It examines the social and economic conditions in Germany in the aftermath of the First World War and the role played by Stresemann in Germany’s recovery. It also explores the role played by the Nazi Party in Germany’s political scene from its foundation to Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor in 1933.
Follows of the communist ideas of Karl Marx who believed for example that the state should own all means of production and distribution.
(Deutsche Arbeiterpartei) the German Worker's Party
The basic principles according to which a country is governed
Stab in the back theory
Private armies set up by Senior German army officers at the end of the First World War.
Extremely high inflation, where the value of money plummets and it becomes worthless.
International body established after the First World War in order to maintain peace.
Attempted take over of the government.
German state parliament
War damages (money) to be paid by Germany to the allies.
The study of post 1929 living and working conditions in Germany as a reason for the growing popularity of extremist politics.