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Introducing THE APOTHECARY PACK…New contexts for familiar curricula - including satire, shopping and spiral stairs; hops, hospitals and herbs; Latin names and leeches; plus weighing, measuring, designing, drawing and distilling.Sample Pages: Example
1: (Resource 2: Church)
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THE APOTHECARY PACK contains:
Resource Sheets covering 20 themes, based on our intriguing museum.
(See contents listing below).
Activity Sheets suggesting classroom-based work, linked to KS2 curricula.
(Activities developed with pupils at our partner school).
Curricula: Maths, Science, English, Art & Design, and History.
The Pack is presented in an attractive A4 folder: Group Visit Information and details of our popular Victorian Surgery Programme are printed on the inside covers of the folder.
The printed Pack is priced at £5.00.
Sample Pages: 1: (Resource
2: Church)
2: (Resource 7: Apothecary)
3 Maths
4 Science
Note: Price per pupil for school visits in 2006 is £2.95, accompanying staff free.
Acknowledgement
The development of this Pack was funded through Phase 2 of the Department
for Education and Skills' Museums and Galleries Education Programme via
Resource and the London Museums Agency.
CONTENTS
This Pack contains RESOURCE SHEETS covering 20 themes. These sheets may be photocopied for educational purposes. The use of this Pack does not rely on a visit to the museum. The Apothecary Pack is designed to offer the following opportunities:
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an INTRODUCTION to the Museum and its site;
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a CLASSROOM RESOURCE, using the Activity Sheets inserted into the Pack
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Curriculum links to: Maths, Science, English, Art & Design and History
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a STIMULUS for a group visit to the Museum.
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Name |
Description |
| 1, 1a |
HOSPITAL |
Scale drawings of the 19th century hospital site and
its buildings.
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| 2 |
CHURCH |
Images of the church today and in the 19th century.
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| 3 |
PLAN |
Floor plan of the museum.
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| 4 |
SPIRAL |
Plans and image of the spiral staircase in the church
tower.
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| 5 |
THEATRE |
Images of the Old Operating Theatre.
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| 6 |
GARRET |
Images of the Herb Garret.
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| 7 |
APOTHECARY |
An Apothecary's shopping list from 1730
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| 8, 8a |
RECIPE |
Recipes from St. Thomas's Hospital pharmacopoeia 1772.
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| 9, 9a |
QUACK |
Caricature images of the Apothecary's trade.
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| 10 |
MORTAR & PESTLE |
Images and use of equipment including mortar and pestle.
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| 11 |
ALEMBIC |
Image and use of alembic for distillation.
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| 12 |
PILL MACHINE |
Diagrams of use of pill-making equipment.
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| 13 |
CACHET MAKER |
Diagrams of use of cachet-making equipment.
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| 14 |
BALANCE |
Images and information on weighing.
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| 15 |
LANGUAGE |
Labels for jars and names for plants: specialist language.
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| 16 |
PERUVIAN BARK |
The complex story of malaria and one traditional treatment.
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| 17 |
LEECH |
Images and information on a medicinal animal.
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| 18 |
BODY |
Information and images based on preserved specimens.
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| 19 |
SHOPPING |
Documentary information on hospital purchasing, 19th
century.
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| 20 |
HOPS |
Images and text on brewing in 19th century Southwark.
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To get your copy of the pack please Print order formemail the Museum by clicking here! or click here for contact address
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