Hello, everyone.

My name is Ms. Wyatt.

And I am so pleased that you could join me here today for our citizenship lesson.

Welcome to today's lesson on How can I challenge injustice, from the unit, What tools can we use to challenge injustice in our communities? By the end of today's lesson, you will be able to define what injustice is, identify and explain strategies to challenge it, and apply these strategies in a range of scenarios.

For this lesson, we need to put some ground rules in place.

Now, Laura, Andeep, Izzy, and Jacob have given us these ground rules.

Now, what I would like you to do is just pause the video briefly, read over the ground rules and make sure we understand them before we start this lesson today.

The following keywords will be used throughout our lesson today, and these are marginalised, social justice, and ally.

Marginalised is when a person or a group are left out, they're ignored or they're treated unfairly by others or by society.

Social justice is a system where everyone has equal rights, opportunities, and access to resources regardless of their background or identity.

And an ally is someone who actively supports and advocates for others.

Some of these words may be new to you today, but please don't worry, as I am here to guide you.

Our lesson on How can I challenge injustice, is broken up into two parts, with the first part exploring what does everyday injustice look like? And then looking at how can everyday injustice be tackled? So when you're ready, let's begin today's lesson.

Izzy says, "Everyday injustice is unfair treatment that happens in daily life, like school, online, in shops, and in public spaces." Laura says, "People may be targeted because of their race, their gender, disability, or background." Sofia says, "For example, racist or homophobic comments, that's an example of injustice." Aisha says, "Ableism, for example, no wheelchair access for people with disabilities." Now, can we think of any other examples of everyday injustices? And what has just come straight to your head of everyday injustices? Well, maybe we said "Sexism," like Jacob has.

"For example, girls can be told that they can't play football." And Alex says, "Educational inequality, for example, pupils ignored because they struggle with reading." Now, everyday injustice unfortunately happens for many reasons.

John says, "People have prejudiced beliefs." Sam says, "People stereotype certain people or groups." Andeep says, "Unfair systems in society." Now, why might everyday injustice happen also? Well, Lucas says, "A lack of awareness." Alex says, "Power imbalance.

Those in authority may treat people unfairly." Izzy says, "Peer pressure.

You might copy others' unfair behaviour just to fit in." And Sofia says, "Maybe there's unequal rules or policies in place." Now, people or groups that are left outta society, ignored or treated unfairly are marginalised.

So Laura says, "This can lead to fewer opportunities for them." So how else might marginalised people be impacted by everyday injustice? Jacob says, "They might feel excluded." And Alex says, "They feel powerless or helpless." So we have a scenario, which is a young person shares ideas about how to address litter in their community, but they're ignored by the adults who say they're too young.

Has an everyday injustice occurred here? Well, yes.

In this example, the young person is being ignored because of their age, and this is known as ageism and is an example of everyday injustice.

Now, let's check our understanding on this scenario.

So the school science lab has a rule that everyone has to wear safety goggles for experiments.

Has an everyday injustice occurred here? Hopefully we're all saying no.

This is a fair rule that applies to everyone equally to keep pupils safe within the science lab.

Scenario three, a woman wearing a headscarf for religious reasons is told by work colleagues that she has to remove it.

Has an everyday injustice occurred? Yes, the woman is being treated unfairly because of her religion, and this is known as religious discrimination.

Scenario four, a male pupil is told "Boys don't cry." Now, has an everyday injustice occurred here? If we said yes, we would be right.

The male pupil is being told he cannot cry because he's a boy.

And this is known as gender stereotyping.

And then scenario five, a refugee is refused service at her local shop because the staff there say, "She cannot speak English properly." So, has an everyday injustice occurred here? If we said yes, we are correct.

The refugee is being treated unfairly because others think her English isn't good enough.

This is known as discrimination based on language or background.

And scenario six, a supermarket asks all customers to queue at the checkout.

Has an everyday injustice occurred here? Hopefully we've all recognised no.

Everyone is treated the same and follows the same rules, so no one is being left out or treated unfairly, as everyone has to queue at the checkout.

Sometimes it can be difficult to determine if a situation is everyday injustice or not.

Now, a person with a physical disability is not hired for a job, okay? Has an everyday injustice occurred here? Well, yes, if they were qualified and not hired because of their disability, this is discrimination and an everyday injustice.

But if another candidate had more experience that was going for the same job, then the decision was fair, it may not be an injustice.

Can you think of any other examples now of everyday injustice which might occur? Now Alex says, "When we're discussing this, let's remember the ground rules." So, true or false? Everyday injustice happens in daily life.

Is this true or is it false? This is true, unfortunately.

Everyday injustice does happen in daily life.

And perhaps you recognise it too.

Which options are examples of everyday injustices then? So we have four options.

Pause the video and read through them and make your decision.

Okay, time for our answers.

The two options that are examples of everyday injustices are, "A pupil with a disability can't access the school library." And "A Muslim pupil is told to remove her headscarf in school." These are everyday injustices, but A and B aren't.

"A pupil's late for school and they receive a detention." Well, that's the consequence of their action.

And B, "A pupil forgets their PE kit and can't join in." If you haven't got the appropriate clothing then you cannot take part.

For this task, we need to explain what everyday injustice looks like.

So we need to include an explanation of it, give an example of it, at least two reasons why it happens, and at least two impacts of an everyday injustice.

When you're ready, pause the video and have a good go at this task.

Okay, everyone.

Your answer might include some of the following.

Everyday injustice is when someone is treated unfairly in daily life because of things like their race, religion, disability, or background.

For example, a pupil with a disability might be left out of a school trip because there is no wheelchair access.

Everyday injustice happens for different reasons.

One reason is prejudice, when people judge others without knowing them.

Another reason is lack of awareness, when rules or buildings don't consider everyone's needs.

The impacts of everyday injustice can be serious and it can make people feel left out or ashamed.

We are now going to look at how can everyday injustice be tackled? Social justice is when all people have the same rights, chances and access to resources, no matter their backgrounds or identity.

Sam says, "Social justice is about equity, not just equality." And you can see in this image on the screen that the three boxes are trying to symbolise the concepts of equity and equality, while the individuals represent different groups within society.

So the fence represents the barriers or the obstacles that would hold individuals back from fully participating and benefiting in society.

Or for instance in this picture, the baseball game.

Now, the active citizenship project cycle can be used to tackle injustice.

For active citizenship, you plan an action, you take action, and then you measure the impact, so you reflect and evaluate on what's happened, what you might not do next time and what you would do again.

But Jun says, "We can take small everyday actions to help create social justice without needing a big campaign." Sometimes we don't actually have to get planning.

We need to research possible actions, decide on your actions, then take action, and then reflect on it.

Actually, we can just take an everyday action to help create social justice.

Let's think about everyday actions to tackle injustice then.

So "For example, we can speak up and challenge unfair comments or behaviour when it's safe to do so," says Lucas.

Sofia says, "We can be inclusive, making sure everyone feels welcome and included." Sam says, "We can report injustice, tell a trusted adult, or use the school system to report unfair treatment." Now, how else could everyday injustice be tackled? How else do you think? Well, Alex says, "You could be kind and respectful to everybody, no matter their background." Jacob says, "Educate others to help people understand why something is wrong or hurtful." Aisha says, "Use your voice by joining the school council.

Make some change." And Sofia says, "Listen and learn about different experiences and perspectives." Now, for this task, we need to add three more ways to tackle everyday injustice to the mind map.

So we've already got report it, we've already gotten be inclusive.

What else can we do? Pause the video and have a go.

Okay, we might have said, educate others, listen and learn different perspectives, and be kind and respectful.

Now, can you think of any other examples where someone might tackle everyday injustice? And how could they respond or take action to challenge the injustice? Just have a think about these questions, but also remember the ground rules that we put in place at the start of this lesson.

So scenario one, a pupil with a stutter is constantly interrupted in group discussions, and the group never asks for their opinion.

So would you tackle this injustice? And if you would, how would you do it? Scenario two, a pupil wears traditional cultural clothing to school and is teased by others for looking different.

Now, would you tackle this injustice? And if so, how? Have another think to yourself, how would you tackle this injustice, if you would? Scenario three, a female pupil who is interested in engineering is told it's a subject more suited to boys.

Would you tackle this injustice? And if so, how would you do it? Let's choose one way to tackle everyday injustice from the four following options.

When you're ready to do this, pause the video and make your choice.

One way to tackle everyday injustice is speaking up when someone is treated unfairly.

Ignoring unfair behaviour to avoid conflict, only taking action if it affects you, and waiting for a big campaign to fix it isn't tackling everyday injustice.

Andeep says, "An ally is someone who actively supports and advocates for others even if they are not affected.

They help to create a kinder and fairer society." What actions could an ally take then? Remember the ground rules.

Well, Jacob thinks he needs to run a big campaign to tackle everyday injustice.

But why is he incorrect here? Well, Jacob's incorrect because you don't always need a big campaign to tackle everyday injustice.

Small actions like speaking up, including others, being inclusive are all examples of being an ally.

Now, Jacob, Andeep, Alex, and Sofia all have questions about how everyday injustice can be tackled.

So we need to answer their questions.

Jacob says, "What is social justice?" Andeep says, "Is a big campaign always needed to deliver social justice?" Alex asks, "What are two examples of everyday injustices being challenged?" And Sofia wants to know, "What does being an ally mean?" So when you're ready, pause the video and have a go at answering the Oak National Academy's pupil's questions.

Okay, so our answers could include, to Jacob's, social justice is a system where everyone has equal rights, opportunities and access to resources.

We've defined what it is.

Our answer to, "Is a big campaign always needed to deliver social justice?" Well, some people think that you need a big campaign to challenge injustice, but that's not true.

Small actions can make a big difference.

To answer Alex's question, we might have said, being kind and respectful and reporting it are two examples of everyday injustices being challenged.

And then Sofia's question was, "What does being an ally mean?" Well, we might have said allies are people who actively support and advocate for others and allies help create a fairer and kinder environment for everyone.

Well done.

We have now come to the end of our lesson on How can I challenge injustice? So, how can we challenge injustice? Hopefully we have taken a lot out of this and can apply it into our real lives now.

Everyday injustice happens when people are treated unfairly or left out because of things like their background, identity, or ability.

This can affect marginalised people such as someone with a disability not having access to a building.

Tackling injustice doesn't always need to be a big campaign.

Small actions like including others or speaking up help create social justice.

Being an ally means supporting people who are treated unfairly, even if it doesn't affect you personally.

Everyone can take small steps to make society fairer for all.

Thank you for following the ground rules in today's lesson, and thank you for your efforts.

Bye-bye.