Activitat

Who was Peseshet?

Personatges:

Peseshet

Tema:  Narrating habitual actions and situations in the present. Present simple.

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Espanya > Anglés > 2n ESO > Comunicació

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<img title="Women's Legacy logo" src="//inclusion.womenslegacyproject.eu/images/LogoWL.svg" /><hr />ACTIVITY 1
  Exercise 1&nbsp;Watch the video and fill in the gaps with the present simple forms of verbs from the box.&nbsp; &nbsp;<a title="Peseshet. You Tube video." href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rvLEJrQm7g%3E">&lt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rvLEJrQm7g&gt;</a> (0:00 to 1:38)&nbsp; (retrieved on 15/04/2022)
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&nbsp;It&rsquo;s another sweltering morning in Memphis Egypt. As the sunlight brightens the Nile, Peseshet _________ her supplies: Honey, garlic, cumin, acaecia leaves, cedar oil. She&rsquo;s well stocked with the essentials she _________ to treat her patients. Peseshet is a swnw, or a doctor. In order to become one she had to train as a scribe and study the medical papyri stored at the Per Ankh, the House of Life. Now, she _________ her own students there. Before teaching, Peseshet _________ a patient to see. One of the workers at the temple construction site has injured his arm. When Peseshet _________ the labourer&rsquo;s arm is clearly broken, and worse, the fracture is a seg (segmental) with multiple bone fragments. Peseshet binds and immobilizes the injury.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Her next stop is the House of Life. On her way, a woman intercepts Peseshet in the street. The woman&rsquo;s son has been stung by a scorpion. Peseshet has seen many similar stings and _________ exactly what to do. She must say an incantation to cast the poison out. She _________ to recite the spell, invoking Serqet, patron of physicians and goddess of venomous creatures. Peseshet _________ the spell as if she is Serqet. This commanding approach has the greatest chance at success. After she utters the last line, she _________ to cut the poison out with a knife for good measure. &nbsp;
 *Peseshet lived under the Fourth Dynasty (Albeit a date in the Fifth Dynasty is also possible) and is often credited with being the earliest known female physician in History.
Exercise 2&nbsp;Complete the following sentences with the vocabulary highlighted in the text.&nbsp;
- Last summer, a bee ________ me.&nbsp; - To avoid moving your foot you should _______ it.&nbsp; - In the tropical areas the heat is ___________.&nbsp; - Max couldn&rsquo;t play basketball because he was___________.&nbsp; - The monks in this monastery were all __________.&nbsp; - I have gone shopping for the week, we are definitely _________.&nbsp;
Exercise 3 Answer these questions:&nbsp; a. Who was Peseshet?&nbsp; b. What has the worker broken?&nbsp; c. What does Peseshet do to help the worker?&nbsp; d. Who has been stung by a scorpion?&nbsp;

Observacions i context

Depending on the level of the class, it can also be used in 1st ESO. It is intended for 2nd grade because of the complexity of the vocabulary.
In class it can be used to reflect on traditions or superstitions in different cultures, e.g., during Halloween.

In Ancient Egypt, the medical function was governed by a strict organisation, like any civil servant in the Pharaonic state. Physicians started from the generic title of swnw or physician. Therefore, if they rose through the ranks, they became the chief or head physician; and at the top of the scale: inspector or director of physicians. The role of Egyptian women as therapists is reflected in tomb paintings, where women can be seen attending a birth.

Women in ancient Egypt had freedoms that they did not have elsewhere. Furthermore, it is known that the people of ancient Egypt worshipped goddesses such as Yuy, for getting pregnant; Hequet, to assist in childbirth; Shepset, to assist in childbirth; Mesjenet, protector of childbirth; and Bastet, protector of possible complications afterwards.
We cannot know if Peseshet was the first female physician in history, because there will be many that we simply have not discovered yet.
In Ancient Greece, there was a law prohibiting all women from practising medicine and obstetrics. However, there is a story of a woman, called Agnodice, who was forced to disguise herself as a man to go and study with Herophilus of Chalcedon, the famous physician and anatomist of Alexandria.
- The Hebrew Bible, although not considered an entirely reliable source for historical events prior to the 7th century BC, refers to midwives in Exodus 1:15-16:

The king of Egypt also gave a command to the midwives of the Hebrew women: when you attend the Hebrew women, observe well the two stones ...

Descripció

This can be both a review activity of the present simple and a good Listening and Writing exercise.
First, students will watch and listen to a video about Peseshet, an ancient Egyptian doctor. Then, they will complete the text with the missing verbs in the present simple tense. Finally, they will work on the more complex vocabulary in the text and answer comprehension questions about the video and the text. It can take about 20 minutes.

The aim of the activity is for the students to be able to recognise the present simple tense in an oral text.
Comprehension, production and co-production of oral, written and multimodal texts, short and simple, literary and non-literary.

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