Overview
AQA GCSE History is a well-paced teaching series that draws on a legacy of market-leading history textbooks. Features include:
- A narrative structure that makes historical concepts accessible and interesting
- Carefully designed ‘Focus Tasks’ that encourage students to question, analyse and interpret key topics
- A wealth of original contemporary source material
- Revision tips, practice questions and exam advice geared towards the latest assessment model
- Whiteboard e-textbook and teaching resources can be purchased as part of Dynamic Learning (contact your education consultant for details).
How this book will help you in AQA GCSE History
Introduction: The big story of health and the people
1 Medicine stands still
1.1 Context: Medieval Britain
1.2 Where did medieval ideas about health come from?
1.3 Medieval medicine
1.4 Medical progress
1.5 Public health in the Middle Ages
1.6 Pulling it all together: Medieval Britain
2 The beginnings of change
2.1 Context: Early modern Britain
2.2 The impact of the Renaissance on Britain
2.3 Dealing with disease
2.4 Prevention of disease – a global success story?
2.5 Pulling it all together: Early modern Britain
3 A revolution in medicine, c1800–c1900
3.1 Context: Nineteenth-century Britain
3.2 The development of germ theory and its impact on the treatment of disease
3.3 A revolution in surgery
3.4 Improvements in public health
3.5 Pulling it all together: Nineteenth-century Britain
4 Modern medicine
4.1 Context: Twentieth-century Britain
4.2 Modern treatment of disease
4.3 The impact of war and technology on surgery
4.4 Modern public health
4.5 Pulling it all together: Modern-day Britain
Conclusion and review
Assessment Focus
Glossary
Index