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Camden Summer University project run by the Youth Programme at Wellcome Collection

Themed thinking

Treatment and rehabilitation in the early 20th century: Kareau figure

Treatment and Rehabilitation in the early 20th century: Kareau figure

This theme reveals different cultures’ approaches to managing health and recovery in the time of the First World War. 

Watch our Visitor Experience Assistants Hannah and Becky talk about this carved wooden figure from our collections, exploring its close connection with health, physicality and spirituality.

Use the information and activity sheets to explore the object’s history and health links more deeply. Both sheets are differentiated to three levels of ability for Year 9 History students.

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Health and belief in the early 20th century: Good-luck charms

Health and belief in the early 20th century: Good luck charms

This theme shows us that magic, religion, superstition and science have always existed together, and were only separated in Europe in the last few centuries. In today’s approach to medicine, state of mind and belief can have a significant influence on an individual’s physical health. 

Watch our Visitor Experience Assistant Lewis talk about these small charms from our collections. Soldiers took with them to the battlefields of the First World War in the hope they’d give them protection from death and disease.

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Treatment and rehabilitation in the early 20th century: A French underground hospital at Verdun

Treatment and Rehabilitation in the early 20th century: A French underground hospital at Verdun

This theme reveals different cultures’ approaches to managing health and recovery in the time of the First World War.

Watch our Visitor Experience Assistant Rachel talk about this painting showing a battlefield-hospital scene from our collections. This object helps us explore the idea of shell shock.

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Health and belief in the early 20th century: Evil-eye amulet necklace

Health and belief in the early 20th century: Evil Eye amulet necklace

Watch our Visitor Experience Assistant Elissavet talk about this glass necklace amulet from our collections. This object helps us explore ideas around the protective qualities of objects and how this can link to good health.

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Treatment and rehabilitation in the early 20th century: Prosthetic limb

Treatment and Rehabilitation in the early 20th century: Prosthetic limbs

Watch our Visitor Experience Assistants Daniela and Isobel talk about this prosthetic arm from our collections. It was created for an injured soldier after the First World War.

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Health and belief in the early 20th century: Fakir’s sandals

Watch our Visitor Experience Assistant Jessica talk about these wooden spiked sandals from our collections. These sandals originate from India and were worn to demonstrate religious devotion. 

Use the information and activity sheets to explore more deeply into the object’s history and health links. Both sheets are differentiated to three levels of ability for Year 9 History students. 

Learning resources

Object-based activities for Key Stage 3 History students

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This suite of student history resources focuses on three sets of objects in our permanent collections, linked by a curriculum theme.

Year 9 students can watch short videos about objects, read through differentiated object-information sheets and then tackle linked responsive activities. 

Teachers can choose which resource type works best for their students if they don’t want to work through all of them.

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