1. Unit 4: Why do we remember
Florence Nightingale?

2. Unit 4: Why do we remember Florence Nightingale?
Do you know who these people are?
Do you know why they are famous?
David Beckham
Queen Elizabeth
Footballer
Monarch
Margaret Thatcher
Beyoncé Knowles
Albert Einstein
Will Smith
Pop star
Scientist
Pop star/Actor
Politician
Unit 4: Why do we remember Florence Nightingale?

3. Unit 4: Why do we remember Florence Nightingale?
This is a picture of Florence Nightingale, who was famous a long time ago
Look at the
clothes she is wearing, the place she is in and what she is doing
What do you think her job is?
How long ago do you think she lived?
Unit 4: Why do we remember Florence Nightingale?

4. Unit 4: Why do we remember Florence Nightingale?
Florence was asked to go to the Crimea because:
There was a war
Many soldiers were injured and in hospital
The hospitals were dirty and many soldiers were dying of diseases
They needed someone to organise the nurses and look after the injured soldiers.
Unit 4: Why do we remember Florence Nightingale?

5. Unit 4: Why do we remember Florence Nightingale?
How do you think Florence Nightingale got from Britain to Scutari in the Crimea?
Britain
The Crimea
She travelled by boat
Unit 4: Why do we remember Florence Nightingale?

6. Unit 4: Why do we remember Florence Nightingale?
Look at these pictures. What is happening in them?
Which picture is NOT of Florence Nightingale?
How do you know?
Unit 4: Why do we remember Florence Nightingale?

7. Unit 4: Why do we remember Florence Nightingale?
There was no soap, or clean towels, or hot water
Many soldiers were injured, so the hospital was very crowded
There were no clean clothes, the injured soldiers lay in their dirty uniforms.
There wasn’t much good food, often it was old and rotten.
The hospital was dirty, and many soldiers died from diseases like cholera and typhus
There were no beds so the soldiers had to lie on the floor
Unit 4: Why do we remember Florence Nightingale?

8. Unit 4: Why do we remember Florence Nightingale?
Before Florence
After Florence
Nurses were poor women with no training
Nurses were well trained and were respected
Hospitals were dirty and diseases spread easily
Hospitals were cleaner and more hygienic
Many soldiers died from diseases and infection
Fewer soldiers died from diseases and infection
There were no medical records
Florence kept records of patients and wrote to the families of soldiers who died
Nurses were not respected
Florence became the second most famous woman in Britain, after Queen Victoria.
Unit 4: Why do we remember Florence Nightingale?

9. Unit 4: Why do we remember Florence Nightingale?
How do we know about Florence Nightingale?
History
Books
Newspapers
Paintings
Florence’s
Journal
Unit 4: Why do we remember Florence Nightingale?