Teacher Notes

Special Images

Some images used on this CD were too large to fit the screen - these can be zoomed in upon by right-clicking on them (use CMD-Click on a Mac) and dragging the picture around with the mouse. These images will always show the icon (top left) when they are first displayed. The second icon appears on images that allow the user to add comments to the picture. To add some text, click on the image where you want the text to appear and type into the box that pops up. Text can be re-edited by clicking on it again.

About Florence Nightingale

It is important for teachers to appreciate how the life and work of Florence Nightingale were so much more than the Crimean War and the resultant changes to military hospital care. She was a very talented, astute, ‘politically aware’ woman who made excellent uses of her fame and influence to bring about change in society.

During the Crimean War there were many other heroic nurses whose stories we should also know. Mary Seacole distinguished herself nursing on the battlefields at the siege of Sebastopol in 1855. Sometimes the myth surrounding the Lady with the Lamp can obscure the equally important wartime contributions of others.

Though the QCA unit tends to focus upon the Crimean War it is important to emphasise to children that Florence Nightingale’s influence was far reaching. Over the page are a few examples: