Kid Curator and the Drs Kit
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Kid Curator and the Drs Kit
This video showcases a medical kit used by Dr Everard during his voyage on the Africaine in 1836. The kit is now on display in the South Australia Maritime Museum. It contains all sorts of medical instruments common to that period of medicine – many of which were used for surgical medical procedures. The video considers the perspectives of Mary Thomas, a woman travelling on the Africaine with her family, and the perspective of Dr Everard himself.
Kid Curator and the Drs Kit
Curriculum v8.4
Year 4
HPE – Identify and practise strategies to promote health, safety and wellbeing (ACPPS036), Discuss and interpret health information and messages in the media and internet (ACPPS039)
Science as a Human Endeavour – Science involves making predictions and describing patterns and relationships (ACSHE061), Science knowledge helps people to understand the effect of their actions (ACSHE062)
Year 5
HPE – Investigate community resources and ways to seek help about health, safety and wellbeing (ACPPS053), Plan and practise strategies to promote health, safety and wellbeing (ACPPS054), Recognise how media and important people in the community influence personal attitudes, beliefs, decisions and behaviours (ACPPS057)
Science as a Human Endeavour – Science involves testing predictions by gathering data and using evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomena and reflects historical and cultural contributions (ACSHE081), Scientific knowledge is used to solve problems and inform personal and community decisions (ACSHE083)
Year 6
HPE – Investigate community resources and ways to seek help about health, safety and wellbeing (ACPPS053), Plan and practise strategies to promote health, safety and wellbeing (ACPPS054), Recognise how media and important people in the community influence personal attitudes, beliefs, decisions and behaviours (ACPPS057)
Science as a Human Endeavour – Science involves testing predictions by gathering data and using evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomena and reflects historical and cultural contributions (ACSHE098), Scientific knowledge is used to solve problems and inform personal and community decisions (ACSHE100)
Curriculum v9
Year 4
HPE – interpret the nature and intention of health information and messages, and reflect on how they influence personal decisions and behaviours (AC9HP4P09), investigate and apply behaviours that contribute to their own and others’ health, safety, relationships and wellbeing (AC9HP4P10)
Science as a Human Endeavour – examine how people use data to develop scientific explanations (AC9S4H01), consider how people use scientific explanations to meet a need or solve a problem (AC9S4H02)
Year 5
HPE – investigate different sources and types of health information and how these apply to their own and others’ health choices (AC9HP6P09), analyse how behaviours influence the health, safety, relationships and wellbeing of individuals and communities (AC9HP6P10)
Science as a Human Endeavour – investigate how scientific knowledge is used by individuals and communities to identify problems, consider responses and make decisions (AC9S5H02)
Year 6
HPE – investigate different sources and types of health information and how these apply to their own and others’ health choices (AC9HP6P09), analyse how behaviours influence the health, safety, relationships and wellbeing of individuals and communities (AC9HP6P10)
Science as a Human Endeavour – investigate how scientific knowledge is used by individuals and communities to identify problems, consider responses and make decisions (AC9S6H02)
Materials
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Discussion Questions
Before watching:
- Do you think there are ever times when doctors refuse to see patients? Why would they do that?
- What do you know about how doctors would treat illnesses in the past?
- Quarantine has happened before – what do you know about the history of quarantine in South Australia?
After watching:
- Why was the doctor not able to treat William?
- How do you think the Doctor felt about not being able to treat a patient?
- Do you think being medically advanced has helped take away people’s fear of getting sick? Why/why not?
- Do you think Mary Thomas accurately described the actions of the doctor? Why/why not?
Kid Curator and the Curious Object series
This video is part of a series, created as a collaboration between Michael Mills and the History Trust of South Australia. The Kid Curator series explores local South Australian history through historical objects. The videos provide a curatorial description of the object and period in history blended with narrative-based re-enactments. Each video focuses on an object from the History Trust of South Australia’s State History Collection and provides differing point of view on the history of the object in question. View the video and use the dedicated education resource for a cross curricular exploration of the history of South Australia.
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