SCIENCE

Journalists in this section will be in charge of the following tasks:

1. Search for information about , at least, the following issues and then write the articles :

   • Advances in Science
   • Darwin and his “ Origin of the Species “
   • Medicine : Health , hygiene & Disease
   • Florence Nightingale – Interview her
   • Victorian diet
2. Create a cartoon strip, informing readers about the latest diseases in London .
3. Design an ad about:

   • A lecture by Charles Darwin
   • The benefits of smoking !!!
   • The Vegetarian Society - 1847

Resources

Science

http://www.florence-nightingale.co.uk/

http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/nitegale.htm

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REnightingale.htm

http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/guide19/index.html

http://www-personal.umd.umich.edu/~jonsmith/19cmed.html

http://interzone.com/~cheung/SUM.dir/med81.html

http://www.headlinehistory.co.uk/online/East%20Midlands/victorian/adverts(5).htm

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/

Darwin

http://www.victorianweb.org/science/darwin/darwinov.html

http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Science/Darwin.htm

General

http://www.victorianweb.org

http://www.victoriantimes.org

http://www.victorianlondon.org/

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Britain.html

http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/guide19/index.html

http://pw1.netcom.com/~jskipper/victoria/timeline.html

http://www.42explore.com/topic.htm

Ads

http://www.headlinehistory.co.uk/online/East%20Midlands/victorian/adverts(1).htm

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