Renaissance Medicine


Lesson Objectives

1. To investigate and then evaluate Factors of Change in Renaissance times
2. To research and then evaluate the impact of Pare, Vesalius and Harvey on Renaissance medicine


Step One: Learn the basics! Following on from the classroom discussion and reading, complete the exercise called Factors of Change Introduction below. Put in Word and Print it  out when it is complete.

Factors of Change Introduction

Step Two:Extend what you know! Following classroom discussion of Step 1, complete the interactive diagram linked below. Print out your diagram when finished.

Renaissance Diagram

Step 3: Test What you have learnt so Far!  using the Interactive tests linked below

Multiple Choice Test
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Extension Task Objective 2: Now you have an overview of the Renaissance make notes on the three great figures of the medical Renaissance. Vesalius who concentrated on ANATOMY, Pare whose field was SURGERY, and Harvey whose theory of the circulation of blood was a major contribution to PHYSIOLOGY.
 Research using the blue buttons below and also the search engine on  this page. Use your books to help you to produce a 6 slide powerpoint presentation on each individual


BBC on the Renaissance
Vesalius
Harvey
Pare

 

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Show what you have learnt today by playing Renaissance Shootout

Sydenham
Linacre
Paracelsus
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