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History at key stage 3    (Year 9)

Unit 20: Twentieth-century medicine how has it changed the lives of people?

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About this unit

In this unit, pupils learn about the impact of medicine on the quality of people's lives in the twentieth century. They explore the impact of new discoveries and technical developments on medicine, surgery, public health provision and preventative medicine. They consider the ways in which these are delivered to the general public in Britain as well as in other parts of the world.

This unit is expected to take 8-11 hours. There is scope to adjust some of the teaching activities to take account of time constraints in different schools.


Sections in this unit

This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
1. Better health - longer life: why?
2. Free at the point of delivery?
3. Is there a down-side to modern surgery and medicine?
4. Health for all?