Equality and Diversity - Building a Culture of ... - Equality Authority

Lessons 19
Examples of the 4 Dimensions of
Equality in Practice
Learning Intentions
Students will be able to
translate the four dimensions of
equality into real life
Students will begin to develop
empathy with those who suffer
inequality
Resources
Copies of the Fact sheets –
enough to give 1 to each group
of 4-5 students
Copies of the Group Report
Sheet for each group enlarged
to A3 size
The students 4 Dimensions
sheets collected during the
previous two lessons
Activity one
Ask the students to return to the groups they were in
during the previous two lessons and distribute their 4
Dimensions worksheets to them. Tell them they are going
to explore what the 4 Dimensions of equality mean in
practice in our society. Give each group the Fact Sheets for
the same two dimensions they had looked in the previous
two lessons (pages 70 to 73), and the Group Report
worksheet on page 69.
Ask them to read carefully through the facts and decide
how these fit in with their examples from the previous
two lessons. They should identify what they had included,
what had been missing, and revise their examples in the
light of their discussion.
Then they should move on to discuss how the inequalities
they have identified could be removed, using the questions
on the Group Report Sheet on the next page:
Causes of the inequalities
What Government could do
What institutions/organisations could do
What individuals could do
They should then summarise their discussions and
complete their Group Report Sheet.
Finally ask each group to present their report to the rest of the
class and ask the class to identify the three most important
things they have learned over the last three lessons.
68 sECTION 3 EXPLORING Equality