Why You'll Never Catch Smallpox (core activity)
1 hour SCIENCE, HISTORY, English
Key questions
Why will you never catch smallpox?
How do vaccines help keep us healthy?
Activity overview
Children revise key learning from across the
activities and explore how Jenner’s discovery has changed the world, and
its crucial role in their own health. They learn how, through
vaccination, smallpox became the first and only human disease to be
eradicated. They look at what other vaccines exist today and the current
battles to eradicate other diseases through vaccination.
Download the resource:
Why You'll Never Catch Smallpox - teacher guidance.docx
Why You'll Never Catch Smallpox - teacher presentation.pptx
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