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 starter activity
What do you know about life in ancient times? Use your
own knowledge and information from sources 2-4 on p.1415 to answer questions 1-4
How sophisticated was
Ancient Egyptian
 Aims
medicine?
To understand how features of Egyptian life
affected medicine
To find out who treated the sick and the cures they
used
To evaluate whether there was greater change or
continuity in Egyptian medicine
 Your task
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Read p.16-17 and create a spider diagram on
how Egyptian life affected Egyptian medicine.
Your diagram should include the following
categories:
Wealth
Trade
Improved writing
Religion
Nile & farming
Wealth
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International trade
Fertile farmlands due to River Nile
Rich employed specialist doctors employed, e.g.
pharaoh’s physican
Specialist craftsmen able to produce medical
instruments
Trade
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International commercial links
Ideas on new medicines, e.g. herbal remedies
Egyptian traders
Writing
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Papyrus
Treatments and remedies could be passed down
or among doctors
Religions
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Belief in afterlife led to new discoveries through
embalming
Body parts removed & preserved
Nile & farming
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Comparisons made between life-giving
properties of Nile & channels inside body, e.g.
veins & arteries
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Study the sources on p.18. Discuss these
questions with our neighbour:
Who treated the sick in Egyptian times?
Is there any evidence doctors were specialists?
Is there any evidence that women acted as
healers? If they did, why is there so little
evidence?
 Your task
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Read the information on p.18-21 and complete a chart
similar to the one below:
People who
treated the
sick
Knowledge
of the body
Causes of
disease
Cures and
treatments
(Complete this once
you have done the
source task on
p.20-21)
 Extension task
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Choose one of the Ancient Egyptian cures
mentioned on p.20-21 and write a short radio or
TV advert for it. Take a vote as a class on which
product you would buy based on the historical
accuracy of the advert and how convincing the
advert was.
 Your task
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Study sources 1-5 and on the map of the world
note as many of the following:
Evidence of who cured the sick, e.g. doctors or
medicine men
Types of cures & medicines
If the Prehistoric Britons / Ancient Egyptians
used these methods
 Writing task
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Was Egyptian medicine an important step
forward? Answer this question as an essay. You
should try to discuss these points:
Which ideas did Egyptians continue to use?
Which ideas were new?
Why the changes were important for the future