History of Healthcare & Famous Medical Figures | Gallery Walk & Scavenger Hunt

Bring history to life in your health science or medical careers classroom with this interactive, research-based project focused on diverse historical healthcare figures! Whether you're teaching Health Science, Medical History, or CTE pathways, this activity combines individual accountability, movement, creativity, and content mastery, all while giving students something meaningful (and fun!) to do.

What's Included:

• ✅ 2 student research templates: with or without a photo requirement
• ✅ 40 diverse historical healthcare figures to assign
• ✅ Scavenger Hunt worksheet with mystery word challenge
• ✅ Printable name draw slips
• ✅ Option for students to find and print their own historical figure photo
• ✅ Clear student + teacher directions for every step

Students Will:

• Research a historical healthcare figure
• Complete a one-pager with birth/death dates, location, career, and impact
• (Optional) Find, print, and glue a photo of their person
• Participate in a gallery walk
• Use peer displays to complete a scavenger hunt worksheet
• Unscramble a mystery word using point values assigned to key letters!

KEY WORDS: healthcare history, medical pioneers, scavenger hunt, gallery walk, research project, health science, CTE, history of medicine, student research, bulletin board, interactive worksheet, high school careers, medical history, historical figures, health care history

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