History - Year 10

History Overview

Term 1: Renaissance England and Industrial Medicine c.1500-1900

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. Since 1700 and as we moved into the Industrial Period the medical landscape 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.

  1. GCSE 12 mark exam question
Miasma

unpleasant smell, bad air causes disease

Four Humours

Body contains four fluids, and when people are healthy they are perfectly balanced when people fall sick they are imbalanced.

Hospitals

’care not cure’ - a place to go for care, food and shelter, run by the church

Pestilence

the black death was a pestilence, a fatal epidemic disease

Epidemic

Disease that spreads quickly

Royal Society

Set up in 1660 to discuss new ideas in medicine and science. Sponsored scientists

Renaissance

Revival of ideas from 1500-1700.

Pest House

Hospitals that specialised in one disease

Printing Press

Machine for printing text/pictures, discovered in 1440.

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Term 2: Modern Medicine c. 1900 - present. and The British sector of the Western Front, 1914-18: injuries, treatments and the trenches

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. Students will then 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.

  1. GCSE 16 mark essay
Vaccination

the injection into the body of weakened organisms to give the body resistance against disease.

Public Health

refers to the well being of the whole community.

Germ Theory

discovered in 1861 when Pasteur first said that a germ caused disease.

Anaesthetic

a drug or drugs given to make a patient unconscious during surgery

Antiseptic

Chemicals used to destroy bacteria and prevent infection

Medical officer

A person who is appointed to look after the Public Health of an area

Chloroform

A liquid whose vapour acts as an anaesthetic and produces unconsciousness

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid, the molecule that genes are made of.

Penicillin

The first antibiotic drug produced from the mould of penicillium to treat infections.

Septicaemia

Blood poisoning caused by the spread of bacteria from an infected area.

Streptococci

A bacterium that causes infections such as scarlet fever and pneumonia

Sulphonamide

a antibacterial drug used to treat bronchitis and pneumonia.

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Term 3: Early Elizabethan England 1558-88

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.

  1. 12 Mark Question
Western Front

a 400-plus mile stretch of land weaving through France and Belgium from the Swiss border to the North Sea

Trench Fever

A highly contagious disease transmitted by lice, that infested soldiers in the trenches in the First World War.

Trench Foot

a painful condition of the feet caused by long immersion in cold water or mud and marked by blackening and death of surface tissue.

Gangrene

The infection of dead tissue causing.

Gas gangrene

The infection of dead tissue causing a foul smelling gas.

Amputation

The removal of a limb by surgery

RAMC

Royal Army Medical Corp

FANY

First Aid Nurses Yeomanry

Transfusion

the transfer of blood from one person to another

Triage

The system of splitting the wounded into groups according to who needs the most urgent attention.

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Term 4: Early Elizabethan England 1558-88

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.

  1. 12 mark question
Accession

When the Queen comes to power

Court

Community of people who lived with the Queen, includes advisors, officials and ladies in waiting.

Dissolution of the Monasteries

The legal process by Henry VII where he closed and Catholic Monasteries.

Doctrine

The teaching and beliefs of the church.

Holy Communion

Religious rite when wine and bead representing the body and blood of Christ.

Privy Council

The committee of ministers appointed by Elizabeth to advise her.

Puritans

Protestants who wanted to remove all Catholic practices and rituals from the new Church of England.

Protestant Reformation

A Christian movement in the 16th Century when Europe would break away from the Roman Catholic Church.

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Religious toleration is explored in connection with Elizabeth's early domestic policies.

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Term 5: Early Elizabethan England 1558-88 and Germany: The Weimar Republic 1918-33

Students will conclude their study of Elizabeth's reign and begin a depth Study on Weimar and Nazi Germany. This will itialy look at the origins of the Weimar Republic set up in Germany after the First World War and look at the impact that then end of the war had on Germany.

  1. 16 mark question
Ambassador

An official envoy representing a state or country.

Colonists

people who settled in a colony.

Colony

A country under full or partial control of another.

Excommunicate

To be excommunicated from the Catholic Church.

Galleon

A large sailing ship with several decks, used by Spain as a warship.

Piracy

The practice of attacking and robbing ships at sea.

Vagabondage

Vagrancy, homelessness, wandering without purpose.

Vagabonds

Wandering beggars who often turned to crime. They were seen as a threat to society and treated harshly.

Bullion

Bars of gold and silver, such as those being shipped to the Spanish Netherlands.

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Can the exploitation of the New World in pursuit of economic advantage ever be justified?

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Term 6: The Weimar Republic 1918-33

Students will continue to examine 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.

  1. 12 mark question
Communists

Follows of the communist ideas of Karl Marx who believed for example that the state should own all means of production and distribution.

DAP

(Deutsche Arbeiterpartei) the German Worker's Party

Constitution

The basic principles according to which a country is governed

Dolchstoss

Stab in the back theory

Freikorps

Private armies set up by Senior German army officers at the end of the First World War.

Hyperinflation

Extremely high inflation, where the value of money plummets and it becomes worthless.

League of Nations

International body established after the First World War in order to maintain peace.

Putsch

Attempted take over of the government.

Reichstag

German state parliament

Reparations

War damages (money) to be paid by Germany to the allies.

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The study of post 1929 living and working conditions in Germany as a reason for the growing popularity of extremist politics.

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