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 starter activity. What sort of information can skeletons tell us about the health of ordinary people in the past?. Why has this skull got a hole in the top?. How healthy were pre-historic people?.  Learning objectives.

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  1. starter activity What sort of information can skeletons tell us about the health of ordinary people in the past?

  2. Why has this skull got a hole in the top?

  3. How healthy were pre-historic people?  Learning objectives To explain how the lifestyle of people in prehistoric times affected health & medical treatments To compare prehistoric and ancient tribes

  4.  Your task Write these headings in your notes ‘Hunter gatherers’ & ‘Farmers’. Read p.16-17 and underneath each heading note down: How their lifestyles helped avoid/ cause health problems Who treated the sick Kinds of surgery used Causes of illness Treatments used

  5. Hunter-gatherers Avoided health problems – nomadic, avoided polluted water or sewage Caused health problems – injuries from hunting, abandoned the sick Who treated sick – medicine man, families Surgery – no treatments Cause of illness – evil spirits Treatments – poultice made from mud & bark, charms and amulets

  6. Farmers Avoided health problems – suffered fewer injuries from hunting Caused health problems – hard physical work caused arthritis, polluted water supplies Who treated sick – medicine man, families Surgery – trepanning, setting broken bones with splints Cause of illness – evil spirits Treatments – herbs, honey, charms

  7.  Your task • Read p.18-19. Note down how Aborigines treat illnesses and injuries that have natural causes. • Note down how they treat supernatural ones •  Extension. How similar/different are these to prehistoric tribes?

  8. Natural cures • Natural illnesses – e.g. cuts & breaks • Cuts Sphagnum moss • Broken bones – mud, clay or animal fat bound with animal skins, feathers or tree bark • Colds & coughs – tea tree oil Tea tree

  9. Supernatural remedies • Illnesses caused by evil spirits, angry gods • Medicine man • Amulets • Prayers & chants • Trepanning Horseshoe & rabbit’s foot – modern ‘lucky’ charms

  10.  Your task • The makers of ‘Tribal Wives’ want to make a similar programme about life in a prehistoric village. Make a short 1 minute documentary about health & medicine in an imaginary prehistoric settlement.

  11.  Homework • Produce a health & safety poster for the people of a prehistoric village. It should include • Pictures and labels explaining the different types of illnesses and health problems • Natural & supernatural cures that could be used • Who was available to cure the sick

  12.  Extension task • Investigate another ‘indigenous tribe’ such as the Maori and find out how they have treated illnesses and disease • Make a list of modern-day charms used around the world

  13. Plenary • Who treated the sick in prehistoric times? • Give examples of treatments of injuries or disease? • What did they think caused the diseases? • How can we find out about prehistoric medicine? • Extension: what are the strengths and weaknesses of comparing ancient and modern tribes?

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