Lessons

Ready-to-use SEL lessons

Low-prep, screen-free and safe. The facilitator manual gives your staff everything they need to lead the Birth Game all year round.

Learning goals

By the end of the lessons, students:

  • understand that many things in life are not chosen at birth;
  • can imagine how life might feel for someone else;
  • recognise unkind comments and discrimination, and know how to respond with respect;
  • can name some human rights and explain that they belong to everyone;
  • understand that school results do not decide a person's value or future.

Lesson formats

  • Primary (ages 8 to 12): two lessons of 45 minutes
  • Secondary: for teens, and for staff in the teacher workshop
  • No devices: a card set, the manual and some table or floor space

A safe space

  • Every session starts with a class agreement on respect
  • Students never have to share their own story
  • Clear safeguarding guidance for teachers

Curriculum fit

IB Primary Years Programme

Theme: Who we are. Units about identity, families and cultures, rights and responsibilities.

Key concepts: Perspective, Responsibility, Connection.

Learner profile: Caring, Open-minded, Principled, Communicators, Reflective.

IB Middle Years Programme

The secondary version supports MYP. Ask us how it fits your units.

SEL

Empathy, perspective-taking and respect: core Social and Emotional Learning skills, practised through experiential learning.

PSHE and beyond

PSHE / advisory / homeroom: social-emotional learning, bullying prevention, identity.

Social Studies and Global Citizenship: human rights, fairness.

Theory of Knowledge: ethics, societal norms, "What is normal?"

The facilitator manual

Ready-to-use lessons, safeguarding guidance and a human rights link for every topic. Included with the Birth Game package, in the member area.

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