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AQA GCSE Medicine: Hippocrates, Galen and Medieval Medicine

AQA GCSE Medicine: Hippocrates, Galen and Medieval Medicine

Subject: History

Age range: 14-16

Resource type: Lesson (complete)

Last updated

14 May 2026

pptx, 2.56 MB
pptx, 2.56 MB
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AQA GCSE Britain: Health and the People, c.1000 to present

This lesson aims to find out how significant Hippocrates and Galen were in the history of medicine and the continuity and change in medical knowledge.

With the GCSE significance question in mind, the focus is on how their ideas and treatments were developed and used in the short, medium and long terms.

Students find out, in depth, about the four humours for example and the use of opposites, with the acceptance of the Christian Church as well as how the emphasis on observation, diagnosis and professionalism which still exists amongst doctors today in the Hippocratic Oath.

There are links to video footage and learning tasks to suit all learning needs.

The lesson is enquiry based with a key question using a lightbulb posed at the start of the lesson and revisited at the end to show the progress of learning.

The resource comes in PowerPoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change.

I have also included suggested teaching strategies to deliver the lesson and there are differentiated materials included.

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AQA GCSE Health and the People Complete Bundle

This is the complete lesson bundle for AQA GCSE 9–1 Britain: Health and the People, c.1000–present. This bundle is designed to save planning time, strengthen classroom delivery, and support consistent exam success across the course. Each lesson is built around carefully structured enquiry questions which develop the precise skills students need for the GCSE examination. The lessons combine strong subject knowledge with regular exam practice, differentiated tasks and fully resourced activities designed to support all learners while stretching higher attaining students towards the top grades. Every lesson includes clear, easy-to-print worksheets and editable PowerPoint resources which can be adapted to suit individual classes and teaching styles. Throughout the course, students develop: AO1: Secure knowledge and understanding of key developments in medicine and public health, from Hippocrates and Galen to the Renaissance, industrial Britain and the modern welfare state. AO2: An understanding of second-order concepts including change and continuity, cause and consequence, and the significance of medical developments over time. AO3: Source analysis and evaluation through topics such as surgery, public health and the creation of the National Health Service. AO4: The ability to make substantiated judgements on issues such as penicillin, the welfare state and the influence of the seven factors in medicine. The lessons are as follows: L1 An introduction to the course L2 Hippocrates and Galen L3 The influence of the Christian Church L4 Islamic Medicine (free resource) L5 Doctors and surgeons in the Middle Ages L6 Public Health in the Medieval towns L7 The Black Death and the Plague L8 Renaissance Medicine L9 Medicine in the 17th and 18th Century (free resource) L10 John Hunter L11 Edward Jenner and smallpox L12 Surgery in the 19th Century L13 Florence Nightingale and hospitals L14 Pasteur, Koch and Tyndall L15 Public Health in the 19th Century L16 Liberal Reforms L17 Medicine and war (free resource) L18 Magic Bullets and the Pharmaceutical Industry L19 Penicillin L20 The NHS L21 How to answer the factor question A full mock examination is strongly recommended after each section of the course (Lessons 1–7, 8–15 and 16–21) to consolidate learning and prepare students thoroughly for assessment. All the examination resources and markschemes are subject to copyright but can easily be found on the AQA website. Unfortunately TES restrict bundles to 20 lessons and therefore please download Lesson 17 separately, which is a free resource. Please click on this link to access: /teaching-resource/resource-12121760

£40.00
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AQA GCSE Health and the People Lessons and Resources Bundle

This bundle is the first part in a series of lessons I have created for AQA GCSE Britain: Health and the People, c.1000-present. I have taught this course for more than 20 years now and have again decided to completely overhaul my lessons to bring them up to date with the latest teaching and learning ideas I have picked up and with a focus on the new 9-1 GCSE. Furthermore I have dispensed with learning objectives to focus on specific enquiry based questions which address the knowledge and skills required for the GCSE questions. As well as focusing on GCSE exam practice questions, the lessons are all differentiated and are tailored to enable the students to achieve the highest grades. The lessons will allow students to demonstrate (AO1) knowledge and understanding of the key features and characteristics of the period studied from the impact of Hippocrates and Galen on medieval medicine to the power and control of the Christian Church. They will study (AO2) second-order concepts such as change and continuity in the development of ideas about disease and the causes and consequences of the Black Death and the Plague on Britain. The analysis and evaluation of sources (AO3) are used in for example surgery whilst substantiated judgements are made (AO4) on the progression or regression of medicine from new ideas from the Islamic world as well as the Christian Church . The lessons are as follows: L1 An introduction to the course L2 Hippocrates and Galen L3 The influence of the Christian Church L4 Islamic Medicine (free resource) L5 Doctors and surgeons in the Middle Ages L6 Public Health in the Medieval towns L7 The Black Death and the Plague The lessons are fully adaptable in PowerPoint and can be changed to suit. Please note that setting a full mock examination in class after completing this unit is strongly recommended. All the examination resources and markschemes are subject to copyright but can easily be found on the AQA website.

£13.00

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