Call the midwife!

Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of Famous for more than Five Minutes - NEW LOOK Medical

Objectives

English

  • Participate in discussions, presentations, performances, role play, improvisations and debates.

History

  • Learn about the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements.

Lesson Planning

One mystery person and 20 questions. Children will work together to find out the mystery person's identity. They will learn about the life of Jennifer Worth, the highs and lows of being a midwife in the 1950s. They will think about how nurses would have helped their patients based on medical developments of their time.

Teaching Outcomes
To use role-play and drama to develop knowledge about Jennifer Worth.
To learn about important medical developments; create a timeline to examine medical developments and nursing from 1850 – the present day.

Children will:

  • Use role-play and drama to develop knowledge about Jennifer Worth.
  • Learn about important medical developments.
  • Create a timeline to examine medical developments and nursing from 1850 – the present day.

Provided Resources

  • Jennifer Worth timeline resource
  • Jennifer Worth image resource
  • List of non-fiction books
  • Websites and video clips
  • Role-play cards
  • Medical developments sorting activity
  • Medical care development resources

You Will Need

  • Strip of paper 3 metres long