Year 6 Worldviews. What do religious and non – religious world views believe about equality, justice and fairness? (Autumn 2)

Session 1 - What does equality, justice and fairness mean?

What is the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights and The Equality Act?

KEY WORDS - Declaration of Human Rights; Equality Act; Justice; Fairness; Equality

Does anyone in the room feel that they could answer any of the above questions?

After todays lesson 'we' might be able to answer a few but you are going to be writing an explanation on these to help explain to someone else of a similar age, later on.

• First watch a clip about the Equality Act...

• Next this one is by the BBC explaining inequality...

• Together look at the history of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights for a young person’s version

• but also look at the language used in the full text version. The Universal Declaration.

• Finally compare this to The Equality Act considering what this says about religion and belief.

TASK -

Present a piece of writing, about how religion and belief are protected by legislation, try and focus on the term’s equality, justice and fairness and how you would explain these terms to someone your own age.

Session 2 What do a range of worldviews say about equality?

KEY WORD - Equality

“While we celebrate our diversity, what surprises me time and time again as I travel around the constituency is that we are far more united and have far more in common with each other than things that divide us.”

DISCUSSION 2

Look at the following quotes from a range of worldviews and discuss what they mean.

NB These quotes are only one answer to represent different worldviews, and they are not the whole picture on equality from that particular belief.

·Some Hindus believe that every soul is part of Brahma, and therefore every soul is of equal value. The Bhagavad Gita states, "I look upon creatures equally".

·The Qur’an says, “But those who do good—whether male or female—and have faith will enter Paradise and will never be wronged even as much as the speck on a date stone”.

·“So, God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” Bible and Torah.

·“There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” Bible

·“Everyone in the world is equal. All beings and creatures are His; He belongs to all.” Guru Granth Sahib.

Read the Sikh story of Malik Bhago and Lago.

What does this teach about equality?