^0The History of Medicine End of Inquiry Assessment

MYP IDU
Your tasks:
1) You must choose the disease – this can be either historical or contemporary:

2) You must write a 500/800 word report which outlines the causes, impact, management, and
treatment of the disease.

o You must advise the public how to manage and treat the disease.
o You should explain how technology and inventions have helped with the management of
your chosen disease.

3) You must create a social media campaign explaining the causes, impacts, management, and
treatments for your chosen disease:

o You can use Instagram, tik tok, Facebook or any other social media platform to launch your
campaign.

4) You must create a poster or leaflet to display.

You will spend 7 x45 minute sessions on this project over 1 week and homework time to complete, think
about the effort you put in and the quality of the product.
 How to get a top grade – follow the marking grid!

Interdisciplinary Unit Science and Humanities

SKILLS 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8

I can name and describe I can produce a brief I can describe a disease, I can fully explain a specific
Criterion A the symptoms of a (short) summary of a stating the pathogen disease. Describing how the
Evaluating disease and can state a disease, describing its responsible and review pathogen enters and attacks
brief history of the history and treatment. the treatments available the body. I can describe the
In order to address real- disease. over time. most current form of
world and contextual I can state the impact of treatment.
issues and ideas, the treatment on the I can describe the impact
students will be able to: disease. of treatment on the I can fully explain how the
disease and relate treatment works. I can
Research a specific I can map the disease treatment to local, explain the impact of the
disease and consider its and link to population national, and/or global treatment on the disease.
history and science and fluctuation. populations.
produce a written I can discuss the impact of
report. globalization, development,
and technologies on the
management of the disease.
I have created a public I have created a I have created a campaign I have created a campaign
Criterion B health campaign that campaign that describes that clearly shows an that shows understanding of
Synthesizing identifies a specific a specific disease. understanding of the the history and science of a
disease. science and history of a disease.
In order to address real- I have explained the disease.
world and contextual I have stated the causes, causes, symptoms, and I have considered my target
issues and ideas, symptoms, and history of treatment of I have explained in detail audience and have
students will be able to: treatment of the disease. the disease. the implication of produced an easy-to-
different treatments over understand campaign.
Create a campaign for If asked, I can state how I have considered the time on populations.
public health which my campaign shows impact of the disease on
addresses the causes, interdisciplinary populations. If asked, I can describe Is asked, I can justify how
impacts (symptoms) and knowledge (form links how my campaign my campaign communicates
management between Science and If asked, I can outline communicates interdisciplinary knowledge.
(Treatments) of a Humanities). how my campaign interdisciplinary
disease of your choice. communicates knowledge
(Historical or interdisciplinary
Contemporary) knowledge.