Lesson Planning

Watch a video of a birth and discuss other forms of delivery such as Caesarean or forceps deliveries. Discuss how the parents’ lives will now change and relate this to children’s Flour Babies experience. Research birth rites of passage in different cultures.

Teaching Outcomes:

• To find out about the birth of human babies. Investigate the rites of passage connected to birth.

Children will:

• Describe the birth of a baby in simple terms.
• Describe the special ceremonies held in different cultures to mark birth (and death).