Summary:
This is an SHP Official Text which means it has been created by the Schools History Project for use with the SHP specifications.

Medicine and Health Through time is an authoritative SHP development study for use with all GCSE specifications from all examinations boards. It thoroughly covers the content requirements of the OCR, Edexcel and AQA SHP specifications using an enquiry based approach. It is written by experts who understand both how to design good teaching material but also understand the exact assessment requirements of each specification.

It is supported by a comprehensive Teacher's Resource Book, and two new Dynamic Learning digital resources:
CD-Rom 1 People and Periods
CD-Rom 2 Review and Revise

Other books in the SHP Development Study series:
- Crime and Punishment through time
- Medicine for Edexcel (a board specific edition for Edexcel)
- Essential Medicine (a simplified textbook for use in mixed ability teaching)

Coming soon, new board-specific Development Studies in the brand new Smarter History series from SHP
- OCR Medicine and Health through time 978 0340 985069
- Edexcel Medicine and Health through time 978 0340 986707
- AQA Medicine and Health through time 978 0340 986714

• An SHP development study created by the expert team at the Schools History Project
• Provides an engaging enquiry approach to the specification content
• Comprehensive coverage of the specification to allow access to the highest grades
• Full of stunning and relevant source material
• Readable author text offering clear explanation

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: From prehistory to the empires of Egypt, Greece and Rome 3000BC-AD500
Chapter 2: Medicine and Health AD500-1400
Chapter 3: Medicine and Health AD1400-1750
Chapter 4: Medicine and Health 1750-1900
Chapter 5: Medicine and Health in the twentieth century
Chapter 6: Conclusions: Explaining change and continuity in medicine and health

About the Author(s):
Ian Dawson is Publications Director of the Schools History Project and creator of the website thinkinghistory.co.uk which is pioneering work on active learning in History. He has been adviser to QCA on a wide range of issues in History teaching including the teaching of chronology.

Ian Coulson is History Inspector in Kent and a nationally recognised expert on historical archives and has been closely involved in the development of the National Archives Learning Curve.