Lesson video

Hi, my name is Miss Speakman.

We're on lesson 14 of 14 of the human rights unit, and today's lesson will be looking at deliberate practise.

Now you might be thinking, "What is deliberate practise?" I'm going to tell you in a moment.

So what we're going to be doing, which is deliberate practise, is doing deliberate practise of key words and quotations from the unit.

What it essentially means is we'll be looking at what key words mean, testing our knowledge on them, repeating them, so that we get to know them better, the same with quotations.

I'm also going to consider with you specific explanations of the meanings of key words and the meaning of quotations, because although it's important to learn our quotations off by heart, it's also important that we know where they come from, what they mean.

So let's make sure that we are ready for our lesson today.

We're going to need a pen or a pencil, a piece of paper or an exercise book, and a different coloured pen ready for corrections.

We're also going to need a nice, quiet, clear working space, making sure we've got TV, music off, phone to one side, if we're not using it for the lesson, and making sure we've got a quiet space to work in, so that we're able to concentrate.

Especially with deliberate practise, the more we can concentrate, the more likely we are to remember it long-term.

If you need to get yourself ready, please pause the video now, and un-pause it when you are ready to move on.

Okay, let's get started.

So essentially what we're going to do, first of all, is test or knowledge of key words.

I'm going to ask you some multiple choice quickfire questions.

What I mean by this is I'm going to give you a definition and there'll be four possible answers of what the key words are.

No, other way round.

I'm going to ask which is the correct definition of this keyword, and you're going to give me the correct definition.

I'll read out the options, and then you will, after three seconds, I will count down, I want you point at the screen, or say out loud which one is the correct answer, which is really good way of practising our knowledge.

So I'm going to disappear for this, and let's get started.

Which of these is the correct definition of human rights, striving to fix the injustices in society, pre-judging people to be inferior or superior without cause, prejudice and discrimination based on sexual orientation, and the things we're entitled to on the basis that we are human? Three, two, one.

Good, it is the things we are entitled to on the basis that we are human.

Which of these is the correct definition of social justice? They're the same options, so I'm not going to read them out again.

Three, two, one.

Good, it's striving to fix the injustices in society.

Which is the correct definition of homophobia? Again, they're the same options.

Three, two, one.

Good, it's prejudice and discrimination based on sexual orientation.

And which of these is the correct definition of prejudice? Three, two, one.

Good, it's pre-judging people to be inferior or superior without cause.

Which of these is the definition of discrimination, acting in a way to disadvantage certain people on the basis of a pre-judgment, pre-judging people to be inferior or superior without cause, prejudice and discrimination based on sexual orientation, or prejudice and discrimination based on sex? Three, two, one.

Good, it's acting in a way to disadvantage certain people on the basis of a pre-judgment.

Which of these is the definition of sexism? Again, it's the same options.

Three, two, one.

Good, it's prejudice and discrimination based on sex.

Which of these is the correct definition of racism, the selfless love that many Christians believe Jesus showed, the worldwide community of Muslims, prejudice and discrimination based on race or ethnicity, or limiting access to materials that are considered offensive? Three, two, one.

Good, it's prejudice and discrimination based on race or ethnicity.

Which of these is the correct definition of censorship? Again, it's the same options.

Three, two, one.

It's limiting access to materials that are considered offensive.

Which of these is the correct definition of ummah? Again, it's the same options.

Three, two, one.

Good, it's the worldwide community of Muslims. Muslims believe this is past, present, and future.

Which of these is the correct definition of agape? Three, two, one.

Good, it's the selfless love that many Christians believe Jesus showed.

Which of these is the correct definition of social justice, striving to fix the injustice in society, pre-judging people to be inferior or superior without cause, prejudice and discrimination based on sexual orientation, or the things we are entitled to on the basis that we are human? Three, two, one.

Good, it's striving to fix the injustice in society.

Hopefully, you remember that one from earlier.

Which of these is the correct definition of discrimination, acting in the way to disadvantage certain people on the basis of a pre-judgment, pre-judging people to be inferior or superior without cause, prejudice and discrimination based on sexual orientation, or prejudice and discrimination based on sex? Three, two, one.

Good, it's acting in a way to disadvantage certain people on the base of a pre-judgment.

Hopefully, you remember that one from earlier too.

Which of these is the correct definition of human rights? So is it striving to fix the injustice in society, pre-judging people to be inferior or superior without cause, prejudice and discrimination based on sexual orientation, and the things we are entitled to on the basis that we are human? Three, two, one.

Good, it is the things we're entitled to on the basis that we are human.

Well done if you got all of those correct.

If there are a couple that you got incorrect, that's absolutely fine.

Essentially, it just means that we need to go back to it and go over it again another time.

That's absolutely fine.

What we're now going to move on to is starting to learn our scripture verses.

So we're going to move on to that.

So I'm just going to appear on the screen.

Going to take a while, it always does.

Okay, so we're going to look at our first set of scripture verses.

We're going to look at 10 in total, but five at a time.

Breaking it down that way makes it a lot easier to remember those quotations long-term.

We're going to do what we call deliberate practise.

We're going to use look, cover, write, check, repeat, which is a very, very good way of learning our verses.

I'm going to go through each of them first though and explain what they mean, because it's so important, I think, if we're learning a verse to also understand the meaning behind it.

The first one is a teaching from Galatians in the Bible, which I think is one that we use so much in this unit, and therefore so important to learn.

"There is no difference between Jews and Gentiles, "between slaves and free people, between men and women.

"You are all one in union with Christ Jesus." This specific verse is essentially saying that everyone is equal in value because they are part of God's creation.

So there's no difference between Jews and non-Jews, a Gentile is a non-Jew, between slaves the free people, between men and the women.

So essentially we could use this for a great number of different topics within Christianity, and then within the human rights unit, the idea of being against discrimination, prejudice, being against human trafficking, so many different topics this really, really works for.

And therefore, I think it's one of the most important ones to learn for this unit.

The second verse is, "So God created human beings, "making them to be like himself.

"He created them male and female." This is where many Christians get the idea of being made in God's image from, this idea that they share qualities of God, they reflect qualities of God, and that every human being is made in God's image, and therefore should be treated with love and compassion, because they're all part of God's creation.

We can use this for a great number of different topics too within the human rights unit, especially against prejudice and discrimination.

Talk about freedom of religion, talking about how people should help the poor, et cetera.

So another really important quotation for this unit.

The third one says, "He said to them, "'Go throughout the whole world, "'and preach the gospel to all people.

'" This is a verse which many Christians call the great commission, which they believe is a command from Jesus that he told his disciples to go out and spread the news of the gospel to all people.

Many Christians believe that in order to go to heaven you need to believe in the sacrifice of Jesus, the crucifixion, and the resurrection.

So many Christians will do what's called evangelism to tell other people about Christianity, and hopefully encourage them to the faith.

However, we can use this for religious freedom to say, actually, while Christians are encouraged to evangelise, they are not encouraged to force people into religion.

So many Christians still believe there is religious freedom, but they have a duty to go and tell people about Christianity.

Then we have, "You should each give then "as you have decided, not with regret, "or out of a sense of duty, "for God loves the one who gives gladly." This we can use for giving money to the poor and uses of wealth within the human rights unit.

Essentially, Christians believe it's important to give to people out of compassion and love for them because they're part of God's creation, and that it shouldn't be seen as a duty, and something done just because it's a duty.

So many Christians say that they should give gladly, they should want to help those who need them.

And then lastly we've got, "It's much harder for a rich person "to enter the kingdom of God "than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle." I quite like this, 'cause the imagery behind this is really, really good, and really powerful, essentially saying those people who hoard wealth and don't help others, it's much harder for them to get into heaven than it is for a camel to go through the eye of a needle.

Now, a camel is huge, and the eye of a need was really tiny, essentially saying it is important to share wealth.

It's not saying that it's bad to be wealthy, but it's essentially warning against the dangers of being wealthy and not doing anything to help people.

So these are the first five verses we're going to practise.

I'm going to disappear, and I'm going to give you your task to help us learn these verses, and it's such a good way to learn verses and to learn material.

Believe me, it really works.

It takes some time, it takes some practise, but it's a super effective way of learning things long-term.

So this is called the look, cover, write, check, repeat method, and we're going to learn these verses five times each.

Now, essentially the look cover, write, check, repeat method has to be done properly, otherwise it won't work.

So what you have to do is look at the verses, then actually physically cover them over, so you can't see them.

Then have a go at writing it out.

You probably will make mistakes first of all, and that is absolutely fine.

Then you take your hand away, or whatever you've used to cover that, the slide.

Then you check it and make corrections.

There probably will be corrections to make, and that's fine.

And then you repeat that method until you've written each of them out five times each.

So please make sure you're following those instructions properly.

If you just copy them out, and don't do it properly, like look, cover, write, check, repeat, then you will not learn them long-term, and you won't remember as many as you would like to.

So pause the video now, please.

Use look cover, write, check, repeat to write out these verses five times each, please.

Un-pause when you have finished.

Okay, I want you to pause the video on the next slide, 'cause I'm now going to test you on those verses.

It's so important as well when I test you that you don't look at what you've written out.

You try and do this from memory.

So as I said, this needs to be done from memory, otherwise then you are not testing your brain enough.

You're not embedding it into your long-term memory.

Going to complete these verses to test how well you can remember them.

I've given you the first couple of words from each of them to help you.

So what I'd like you to do, please, is to pause the video, have a go at writing these out.

Please, do not look at what you wrote out for look, cover, write, check, repeat.

Do this from memory, and then we're going to un-pause when you're ready to look through the answers and see how many you got.

Okay, please have your different coloured pen out, ready for corrections.

It's really, really important that we do this properly, make sure we correct where we need to, as this in itself is helping us to learn.

So these are the verses.

"So there is no difference between Jews and Gentiles, "between slaves and free people, between men and women.

"You are all one in union with Christ Jesus." "So God created human beings, "making them to be like himself.

"He created them to be male and female." "He said to them, 'Go throughout the whole world, "'and preach the gospel to all people.

'" "You should each give then, as you have decided, "not with regret or out of a sense of duty, "for God loves the one who gives gladly." And, "It's much harder for a rich person to enter "the kingdom of God than for a camel "to go through the eye of a needle." It's absolutely okay if you don't have five out of five straight away.

I always find that this is the case, but the more you practise them, and the more you complete this type of task, the better you will get at them.

It's absolutely fine if you haven't got five out of five, as long as you've been doing the process properly, 'cause you know then it is starting to work and you need to keep going with it.

So pause now for me, please, and you need to make corrections.

Un-pause when you are ready to move on, and we'll look at our next set of scripture verses.

Well done so far on doing set one.

Let's move on to scripture set two.

These are all Islamic quotations.

So the first one says, "Whoever does righteous deeds, "whether male or female, while being a believer, "those will enter paradise, and will not be wronged." This verse is specifically saying it's down to your deeds which sets you apart, not your sex or your gender.

So many Muslims say that this is against discrimination based on sex or gender, so sexism, because the Qur'an says what sets you apart is whether you've done good or bad deeds.

Islam teaches that men and women are equal in value, but have different roles and characteristics, and essentially different roles.

But however, it's your good deeds, your bad deeds that sets you apart, not your particular roles, or which gender or sex you belong to.

Then it says, "Indeed you approach men with desire, "instead of women.

"Rather you are a transgressing people." This is specifically teaching against homosexuality within Islam and saying that men should not approach men with the same desire they approach women with.

Transgressing means that they're moving away from what they're supposed to be doing.

So moving away from the nature that they've been created for.

So Muslims, many Muslims would be against homosexuality.

However, many Muslims would also say this does not mean that they can discriminate against people based on their sexuality.

So many Muslims say although they do agree, disagree with homosexuality, it would never be okay to be homophobic or to discriminate based on their sexuality.

Then we have this verse from Muhammad's last sermon, which is the last thing he said, the last sermon he gave before he died, where he said, "The Arab is not superior to a non-Arab, "neither a non-Arab to an Arab." He also then goes into talking about neither a red-skinned person to a black-skinned person, et cetera.

But I shortened it just because this bit very, very nicely describes Islamic views on racism.

Many Muslims say that racism is wrong because Muhammad himself taught that no person is superior to another person based on their skin colour, and therefore discriminating based on that is wrong.

Then we have, "There shall be no compulsion "in the acceptance of religion." This verse is talking about religious freedom.

Many Muslims believe that you cannot force somebody to become a Muslim, and many Muslims would say that you can only talk to someone three times about the faith, in hoping for them to become a Muslim.

And then afterwards, you would not be allowed to speak to that person anymore about the faith.

Many Muslims believe that you are born Muslim, that all human beings are born Muslim.

And so, anyone who becomes a Muslim later on in life is said to be a revert, rather than a convert.

And then lastly, we've got, "Zakah expenditures are only "for the poor and the needy." This is specifically talking about giving money to the poor.

In Islam, Zakah is the third pillar of Islam.

It's an expectation to give 2.

5% of your idle wealth left over at the end of the year, if you are able to, and essentially saying here that Zakah is then used to help the poor and the needy, distributed out to those who need it most.

Some Muslims believe it's an obligation to give Zakah after they've provided for their own families.

So we've got the five Islamic verses.

I'm now going to disappear, and we're going to do our look, cover, write, check with them.

So I want you to use look, cover, write, check, repeat to write out each of these verses five times each.

As I said before, it's really important that you do that process really properly.

So look at it, cover it over physically, write it out without looking, checking it, then making corrections, then repeating that process.

You'll find it gets easier each time if you do it in that way.

So what I'd like you to do is to pause the video.

Use look, cover, write, check, repeat to learn these verses.

Write them out five times each, and then un-pause when you are ready to move on.

Okay, what you need to do is to pause the video on the next slide to complete your task, and I'm going to test you or what you can remember of these five verses.

So I have got here the five verses, but I've got just the first couple of words.

I want you to complete those verses for me, please.

You don't need the reference.

Just the words will be absolutely fine.

I want to see how many of you can remember.

It's absolutely fine if you don't get all of them correct.

Give it your best go.

Please, don't look at what you were writing out.

Do this from memory, and then un-pause when you are done.

Okay, let's make sure we've got a different coloured pen out, ready for corrections, so that we can have a look and see how many we got correct.

Let's have a look.

Sorry, I keep coughing.

Got a frog in my throat, as they say.

Okay, so pause, check, and make corrections where needed.

"Whoever does righteous deeds, whether male or female, "while being a believer, "those will enter paradise, and will not be wronged." "Indeed, you approach men with desire, instead of women.

"Rather you are a transgressing people." "The Arab is not superior to a non-Arab, "neither non-Arab to an Arab." And, "There shall be no compulsion "in acceptance of the religion, and, "Zakah expenditures only for the poor "and for the needy." If you need to pause and make any corrections, please do so now.

Remember, though, it's okay if you've got some of them incorrect, as long as you've written down corrections.

So pause now, un-pause when you're ready to move on.

Okay, what we're going to do now is we're going to do some practise of these verses, and linking them into specific teachings, being able to explain.

This is so important for exam questions.

When you use a quotation, you then have to explain what it shows about that particular question.

We're going to practise that now.

So I've got the five Christianity verses.

I want you to link them.

The arrow refers to which one you need to answer.

So for one, you need to talk about prejudice and discrimination, for two prejudice and discrimination, three, religious freedom, four, showing what Christians should do because of this verse, and five, what that shows about views on wealth within Christianity.

So what I'd like you to do is to pause the video now.

For each one, write one, two, three, four, five, and then use the sentence starter this links to prejudice and discrimination because, and then complete that sentence.

So pause the video now, please.

Complete that task, and then un-pause when you are ready.

Again, please have a different coloured pen out, ready for corrections, and we're going to go through the answers together.

So the first one links to prejudice and discrimination because Christians believe all human beings are equal in value, and therefore, any type of prejudice or discrimination is wrong.

God loves all equally.

The second one links to prejudice and discrimination because everyone is made in God's image and is loved by God.

Therefore, it is wrong to discriminate.

The third one links to religious freedom because Christians believe they should evangelise, but not force someone to follow Christianity.

The fourth verse shows that Christians should want to help those in poverty, and do this because they want to help, not because it's a duty.

And the fifth one links to views on wealth because Christianity warns about the dangers of hoarding wealth and greed.

If you need to make any corrections, can you please pause, and do that now for me? And then we're going to move on to looking at applying the Islamic verses to some particular teachings.

So I want you to link the five verses, and the first one to prejudice and discrimination, the second, to prejudice and discrimination specifically based on sexuality, the third to prejudice and discrimination, the fourth to religious freedom, and the fifth one telling me what this shows Muslims should do.

So what I'd like you to do, please, is to pause the video now to complete that, and then to un-pause when you're ready to go through corrections.

Okay, please have your different coloured pen out, ready for your corrections, as we always do.

We're going to go through it together, make sure we understand, and then make sure we correct as well, let's go.

So the first one links to prejudice and discrimination because in the eyes of Allah all are equal, and the only thing that distinguishes people are their good deeds.

Discrimination is therefore wrong.

This links to prejudice and discrimination based on sexuality, because many Muslims believe homosexuality is illegal under Shari'ah law.

Even though they disagree, many do not believe it's permissible to discriminate based on sexuality.

The third one links to prejudice and discrimination because Muhammad taught there is no difference between the races, apart from their submission to God.

This links to religious freedom, the fourth one, because Islam teaches you cannot be forced into religion.

And the fifth verse shows Muslims should give money in Zakah payments each year to help the poor and the needy in the Ummah.

What I'd like you to do, please, is to pause if you need to make any corrections.

Then un-pause when you have finished with your corrections.

Okay, I'm just going to appear.

It's going to take a little while.

It always seems to take a while when I do it this way, okay.

So I want to say a huge, huge thank you for working so hard in our lesson today.

Some of that stuff might have been a little bit tricky.

Maybe your brain hurts a little bit, but that means that you are learning, and that means that it is going into your brain, and it'll be so useful when it comes to your GCSE.

I have been so, so glad and so happy to have been able to teach you this human rights unit.

I really hope you've enjoyed it, however many lessons you may have watched.

I hope it's been really useful for you, and I want to thank you again for working so hard.

Super proud of you.

So thank you very much, good bye.