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PRE-INTERMEDIATE (A2-B1)
FLORENCE
NIGHTINGALE
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Warm up
Florence Nightingale was famous for her work in medicine. How do you think these pictures relate
to her?
a diagram/pie chart
a lamp
a nurse
a hospital
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Vocabulary
Part 1: Match the words in bold with their meanings.
1. He received many
a.
an illness that can be passed from one person to another person
injuries in the attack.
2. Soldiers in the army have
b. damage to your body caused by violence or an accident
to wear a uniform.
3. The government sent
c.
food, water, medicine and other things that people need to live
medical supplies to the
hospital.
4. There was a dog fight,
d. hurt, usually because of fighting or violence
and my dog was
wounded.
5. Covid 19 is a terrible
e.
people who fight in an army
disease.
Part 2: Read this text and try to understand the words in bold. Then match them with the meanings.
People who work in medical professions train for many years.
Doctors and nurses
must provide clean conditions in hospitals to prevent infection. Good medical care can
transform people’s lives.
1.
a medical problem that is caused by bacteria or viruses
2.
completely change
3.
give people something that they need
4.
jobs that need special education or skill
5.
learn the skills you need to do a job
6.
the things that are around you
Now answer these questions:
1.
Which four words relate strongly to medicine?
2.
Which three words relate to careers/jobs/work?
3.
Which words from the exercise are verbs?
4.
Which word is an adjective?
5.
What are all the other words?
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Listening
You are going to listen to information about Florence Nightingale, 1820-1910. Read these sentences
and predict if they are true or false. Then listen to check your ideas.
1.
Florence Nightingale studied mathematics and science at school.
2.
Nightingale took a team of nurses to Turkey in 1854.
3.
She was called "The Lady with the Lamp" because she invented a new type of lamp.
4.
She used diagrams like pie charts to explain her ideas.
5.
One very big hospital in the UK is named after her.
Now, read the questions. Can you remember the answers?
1.
What difficulty did Nightingale have early in her life?
2.
What did Nightingale find when she arrived in Turkey?
3.
Why were most soldiers dying?
4.
What did Nightingale do after the Crimean War ended?
5.
How do we remember Nightingale today?
Listen again to check.
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Talking point
In pairs disuss the following:
1.
Can you think of other medical heroes (doctors, nurses, scientists) who have saved many lives?
2.
What qualities do doctors and nurses need to be successful in their work?
3.
What kind of personality do you think Nightingale had? Why?
4.
What would you ask Nightingale if you could meet her?
5.
Nightingale’s use of pie charts led to improvements in the way we present information. Here are
some other everyday things which were first developed for use in war. Why do you think each
thing was important for soldiers? Which thing is the most important today?
canned food (19th century
zips (1914-1918)
tea bags (1914-1918)
sunglasses (1930s)
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Optional extension
Review vocabulary from the lesson by completing this word-search. Read the clues and remember
the missing words. Then find these in the puzzle. You can find words horizontally or vertically.
•
Nightingale looked after ... soldiers in Turkey.
•
In Turkey, most soldiers did not die from their ...
•
The hospitals were very dirty, so most soldiers died from ...
•
The hospitals in Turkey needed more medical ...
•
Nightingale helped the army ... better medical care.
•
Nightingale improved ... for soldiers in hospitals.
•
After the war, Nightingale helped ... doctors.
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Nightingale used ... like pie charts to explain her ideas.
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Transcripts
3.
Listening
Narrator:
Florence Nightingale was born in 1820. Rich families in England did not send girls to school
in those days, but her father made sure that she and her sister studied history, mathematics
and science at home. When she was 16, Nightingale decided that she wanted to spend
her life helping people.
Narrator:
Her parents were not happy, as they expected her to marry and have children, but in 1851
they sent her to study nursing in Germany.
Narrator:
Nightingale returned to London to run a women’s hospital in 1853. In 1854, the Crimean
War started. Britain, France and Turkey were fighting Russia for control of Crimea.
Narrator:
A government minister asked Nightingale to take a team of nurses to Turkey to look after
wounded soldiers. When she arrived, Nightingale found the soldiers in terrible conditions.
Narrator:
The hospitals were dirty and crowded, and there were not enough medical supplies. Most
soldiers died from infection and disease, not from their injuries. Nightingale worked hard
to improve conditions.
Narrator:
She raised money from Britain and reorganised the hospitals to make them cleaner and
safer for patients, saving many lives. She often worked all through the night, so she became
known as “The Lady with the Lamp.”
Narrator:
After the war ended in 1856, Nightingale was a national hero. She met Queen Victoria to
discuss how the army could provide medical care and food for soldiers, and she helped to
train doctors. In 1860, she set up the National Training Centre for Nurses.
Narrator:
Nightingale was able to raise money for her projects because she presented information
to the government using diagrams. She developed different forms of the pie chart, which
made it easier to understand how she improved conditions in army hospitals.
Narrator:
Nightingale never married and was in poor health in later life. In 1907, she was the first
woman to receive the Order of Merit. She died in 1910. Today we remember Nightingale
as the woman who transformed nursing into a modern scientific profession.
Narrator:
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit the UK in 2020, the government set up several large
temporary medical centres called Nightingale hospitals.
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Key
1.
Warm up
5 mins.
The purpose of this stage is to introduce the topic and arouse curiosity. Call attention to the header image and
the four captioned pictures. Give students a couple of minutes in pairs to discuss their ideas and then check
answers with the class. Encourage them to make guesses, but it’s fine if the class have limited knowledge – they
will discover more during the lesson.
2.
Vocabulary
15 mins.
Explain that students will need to know some vocabulary to understand the listening. These items will also be a
useful addition to the active vocabulary of students at this level. In both sets of exercises, students can use the
context to work out the meaning. They can work in pairs and then check answers with the class. You should also
check pronunciation; note that wounded has an /u:/ vowel sound. Pose the follow up questions to help students
process the vocabulary.
Part 1:
1. b
2. e
3. c
4. d
5. a
Part 2:
1. infection
2. transform
3. provide
4. professions
5. train
6. conditions
Questions:
1. diseases, infection, injuries, wounded
2. soldiers, profession, train
3. transform, provide
4. wounded
5. nouns
3.
Listening
10 mins.
First go over the sentences with the whole class and elicit which words they think are likely to be important when
listening for an answer to a true/false question - this is excellent exam preparation technique. Working in pairs,
students predict the answers before they listen - this stage will probably be very brief. Then students can listen
to the recording and check their ideas. If they need a second listening, that’s fine. Before you check answers with
the whole class, students can check answers in pairs. When you check answers with the class, make sure students
explain why an answer is true or false.
1. F - she did not go to school; she studied at home.
2. T - at the start of the Crimean War.
3. F - she was called "The Lady with the Lamp" because she often worked at night.
4. T - these helped her to get money from the government.
5. F - there are/were several very big temporary Covid 19 hospitals named after her.
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Listening part 2:
10 mins.
Go over the questions with the whole class. Students should work in pairs before listening to recall the answers
and then listen again to confirm/find the answers. They can check answers again in pairs before you go over the
answers with the whole class. There are many opportunities for them to use items from the vocabulary exercises
in their answers so encourage them to use these words correctly. If any students need extra support for this
exercise, you could make the tapescript available to them while they listen or after they listen. Students often
enjoy listening and reading anyway - if you haven’t repeated the listening more than twice so far, they may want
to do this now.
1. She wanted to work, helping people, but her parents expected her to marry and have children.
2. The hospitals were dirty and crowded and there were not enough medical supplies.
3. Most soldiers were dying from infection and disease, not from their injuries.
4.
She met Queen Victoria to discuss how the army could provide medical care and food for soldiers and she
helped to train doctors.
5. Today we remember Nightingale as the woman who transformed nursing into a modern scientific profession.
4.
Talking point
15 mins.
Students can work in pairs or small groups to discuss these questions. If your classroom set-up allows, students
could move round the room, forming small groups to discuss one question at a time, changing groups for each new
question. Conduct a quick round-up of answers either after each question or at the end, encouraging students to
give reasons and examples for their answers.
If your students are not responding to this activity, then go on to the extension task.
5.
Optional extension
5 minutes to explain.
This activity could also be done as homework or as review in a future lesson. Word-searches re-enforce spelling
as well as vocabulary. Demonstrate the activity by asking students to recall the first answer and find it in the
puzzle. Give students time to work. This can be done individually or in pairs/groups. Students should try to do
this without looking back at the vocabulary exercise at the beginning of the lesson. If they need a clue to get them
started, tell them the first letter of each of the words.
http://halfacrossword.com/activities/activity9
1. wounded
2. injuries
3. infection
4. supplies
5. provide
6. conditions
7. train
8. diagrams
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