Contributor National Library of Medicine

Update
11-03-2015
Content Type
Lesson Plan
Grade Level
Seventh grade, Eighth grade, Ninth grade, Tenth grade
Object Type
Website
License

Students examine the source “The Power of Medicine” to learn about how people worked to expand access to health care, focusing on Lillian Wald, who founded the Henry Street Settlement, and Dr. Leonidas Berry, who was a president of the National Medical Association. The lesson ends with research and presentation.