Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole
Learn about the famous nurses of the Crimean War.
What the curriculum says (Key Stage 1)...
Pupils should be taught about:
- the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements. Some should be used to compare aspects of life in different periods [for example, Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria, Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong, William Caxton and Tim Berners-Lee, Pieter Bruegel the Elder and LS Lowry, Rosa Parks and Emily Davison, Mary Seacole and/or Florence Nightingale and Edith Cavell]
BBC Teach Florence Nightingale
Find out more about Florence Nightingale with information and animations from the BBC.
BBC Teach Mary Seacole
Find out more about Mary Seacole with information and animations from the BBC.