When you hear the name Florence Nightingale, what comes to your mind? Wartime nurse? The International Red Cross? Florence Nightingale's many contributions to the Crimean war effort, the welfare of injured soldiers, and the future of healthcare standards are detailed in a series of historical fact cards.

Concepts

nurses, the red cross, healthcare, the crimean war

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Print two copies of the cards and cut them out; distribute among the class for them to find their matches
• Prompt learners to verify the claims made in the resource with other sources
• Use in a social studies unit on the Victorian era

Classroom Considerations

• Resource reports that Nightingale's letters are available online but does not provide a link; 2,500 of them are available at the Florence Nightingale Digitization project
• Cards are in color

Pros

• Provides a good model for a biography project
• Includes several interesting and important facts about Florence Nightingale, who has become more of a legend than a historical figure

Cons

• Some facts are less relevant than others
• Does not provide citations

Common Core

RH.6-8.1 RH.9-10.1