The Roman Medicine Roadshow. (360G-Wellcome-104258_Z_14_Z)

£199,719

The Roman Medicine Roadshow is designed to engage new audiences with the social and cultural history of medicine and health, engendering debate and discussion on health, social care, medical ethics, pseudo-science and faith healing in the ancient world and the 21st century. It also provides hands-on opportunities for young people to explore trauma, disease and healing through examining osteoarchaeological evidence and participating in 'live' surgery demonstrations based upon procedures documented in Roman medical texts and using reproductions of Roman surgical equipment. In addition, participants will examine the role of plants and herbal treatments in the ancient world, comparing ancient theories (such as humorism and miasma theory) to our modern understanding of the chemical properties of plants and their effects upon the body. The Roman Medicine Roadshow will significantly impact upon the teaching of 'Medicine Through Time' in schools across the UK and will capitalise on the recent changes to the National Curriculum for history at Key Stage 3, which from September 2013 allows schools to develop their own curriculum for historythat best meet the needs of pupils. This project will offer the highest quality of educational workshop to over 14,000 secondary school pupils from areas of socio-economic deprivation. Content will be developed with some of the UK's leading institutions with multi-disciplinary collaboration between archaeologists, osteologists pedagogic experts and delivered by a team of award-winning educational communicators. The project shares the vision of Big Heritage - We are passionate about education, the environment and our shared human past. As an award-winning non-profit organisation, we utilise the history and archaeology of Britain to educate, inspire and improve the lives of the people we work with.

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Grant Details

Amount Awarded 199719
Applicant Surname Paton
Approval Committee Society Awards Funding Committee
Award Date 2014-05-22T00:00:00+00:00
Financial Year 2013/14
Grant Programme: Title Society Award
Internal ID 104258/Z/14/Z
Lead Applicant Mr Dean Paton
Partnership Value 199719
Planned Dates: End Date 2017-07-09T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Start Date 2014-07-10T00:00:00+00:00
Recipient Org: Country United Kingdom
Region North West