Transcript Smallpox & Edward Jenner - presentation

 starter activity
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In 1800 smallpox was one the most feared diseases around. But why did people
fear this disease so much? Read p.109 and note down your reasons.  Think
of other diseases we’ve studied that people feared as much and why?
Reasons why it was so feared
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Symptoms: fever, headaches, pus-filled blisters
Scarring
Treatments, e.g. bleeding, quack remedies
Killed more children than any other disease
No known cure
Affected rich & poor (Elizabeth I)
Key words: inoculation vaccination Royal Society
What was so special
about Edward Jenner?
 LOs
TBAT explain the difference between
inoculation & vaccination,
the achievements of Edward Jenner & why
there was so much opposition to his ideas
Mr Higgins’ story of Jenner has
accidentally got mixed up. Help
him to sort the events into the
correct sequence. Find
evidence of the following
factors: chance, government,
enquiry & key individuals
 Film clip
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Watch the clip about the life
of Edward Jenner and answer
the questions.
Imagine you have been asked
to a cover for the DVD
summarising Jenner’s key
achievements. Refer to
training, methods, & his key
achievements
 Extension. Why might
some people challenge’s
Jenner’s reputation?
Edward Jenner, 1749-1823
 Your task
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Read p. 109.
List the reasons why
inoculation didn’t totally
solve the problem
Extension. Can you think
of other examples in history
where the privileged were
the first to benefit from
better access to
health/medicine?
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Problems with inoculation
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Costly – some doctors exploited this!
Some died from inoculation or became carriers
People refused treatments
Why do the
people look so
concerned in this
painting?
Problems with vaccination
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Ungodly – using animals to cure humans
Inoculators would lose their jobs
Royal Society – vaccination was too
revolutionary!
Government should not interfere with health
Vaccinations were costly
People hadn’t heard of Jenner
Study the picture & answer the questions on it on p.108. Watch the short film clip and try to answer
them more fully. What questions would you also like to ask?
What does this cartoon tell us about contemporary reactions to vaccinations? Use the source
& own knowledge
 Success criteria
Room for improvement
You describe what the
source shows
Getting Better
Wow factor!
You pick out details from
the source to explain how
people reacted to
vaccination
You pick out details from
the source to explain in
detail how people reacted to
vaccination
You use some own
knowledge to support your
points
You use own knowledge to
support your points,
referring to opposition of at
least 3 different groups, e.g.
Royal Society, inoculators
and the Anti-vaccine League
There has been an
outbreak of
smallpox across the
country. It is likely to strike
Folkestone soon. Hold
a public meeting with
members of the council
who support public
vaccination. You are
against it!
 Extension task
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Do you think parents should have the right to
decide if their children should be vaccinated or
not?
Baby receiving its MMR jab
 Plenary
What has a cow
got to do with
immunology?
What factors
helped Jenner?
 Plenary
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What is the difference between inoculation &
vaccination?
Give 3 reasons why Jenner faced so much
opposition
What factors helped in the discovery of a
vaccine for smallpox?
 Homework
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You have been asked to
write the entry for a web
encyclopaedia entry on
Edward Jenner. Write a
side of A4 explaining who
he was (his life story), who
were the early pioneers of
immunology (e.g. Lady
Mary Wortley Montague),
how he developed his
vaccine, why his work was
so important.