Diversity

• PSHE
• Special Education

Who am I?

Last week we found out more about our class friends by doing interviews.

On your iPad, write down one thing you found out about your class friend during the interview.

Who we are is also known as our

1. name
2. family
3. identity
4. life

Look at the picture on the next slide:

What do you think today's lesson is about?

I am from Peru. This is my cultural clothes from the Inka tribe.

I am from Hawai. Touching our noses is a form of greeting each other.

I am from a Slavic country. This is our traditional dance costumes.

The Maasai believe in one ominscient god, Enkai (or Nkai). Enkai is not represented by any human-like shape. Instead, he is represented by two colors: red and black. The black god brings rain and thunder to replenish the grazing land.

What do you know
about diversity?

What is diversity?

Having people from different cultures, different skin colours and different abilities in your community

How do you get diversity?

You get diversity when people from other countries come to live in the UK.

People come for many different reasons.

Can you think of a reason why somebody would want to move to a different country?

Why do people move to a different country?

To work because there is not enough jobs in their country

To have freedom of expression

To practice their religion

To be able to be gay openly

For a better chance to live longer

To get away from war or poverty

For better wages/salary

Where are they from?

What does diversity give us?

A wider choice in our food, music, culture and religion.

Ideas about what life is like in other countries and learn new things.

Enough people to do all the jobs that need doing to help the country.

Complete the worksheet

Write down 2 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

How do you feel about today's lesson?