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Hello, my name's Mrs. Charalambous and welcome to today's lesson.

I have got such an interesting lesson to teach you today, so I hope that you are ready.

Our lesson is Learning from data about Christmas in the UK from the unit Festivals: How do ancient stories influence modern celebrations? Let's begin.

By the end of today's session, you will be able to understand how data can help us learn about how Christmas is celebrated in the UK today.

Let's take a look at our keywords, Traditions.

Traditions: special things people do again and again, like decorating a tree at Christmas.

Worldview.

Worldview: the way people see, interpret and inhabit the world.

Data.

Data: information that can be collected and analysed.

Celebrate.

Celebrate: to do something special, to remember or enjoy an important event.

Let's carry on with today's lesson.

Our learning outline looks like this today for Learning from data about Christmas in the UK.

Let's start with who celebrates Christmas and why? Andeep explains how we use social science in religious education.

He says, "Social scientists are interested in how people live and how contexts like where they live or when they lived affects this.

We can better understand people's worldviews by looking at photographs or analysing data.

We can survey or interview people to find out more about their worldview." In this lesson, we will examine data about the celebration of Christmas in the UK to help us better understand worldviews.

Sam and Andeep are discussing who celebrates Christmas.

They think of questions social scientists might ask.

Andeep says, "I wonder how many people in the UK celebrate Christmas." Sam says, "I think almost everyone does." Is Sam correct? What do you think? Take a moment here to let me know your thoughts.

Sam and Andeep are thinking about how they can answer the question of who celebrates Christmas? Andeep says, "We could ask everyone in the UK if they celebrate Christmas." Sam says, "That would take a really long time, Andeep.

I wonder if there's another way where we could find out what people think without asking everyone?" Hmm, what do you think? How could we find this information? Yes, lots of good ideas I'm hearing.

Sam and Andeep think about a tool that social scientists might use to investigate Christmas.

We could see if someone has done a survey about Christmas.

"Great idea! A survey is when some people are asked a question and their answers are written down.

We can use that data to help us." Let's check our understanding with this multiple choice question.

What is a survey? A: asking everyone in the UK, B: not asking anyone, or C: asking a certain amount of people a question? That's right, it's C, asking a certain amount of people a question.

Let's carry on.

Here is some data from a survey.

2000 people were asked how they celebrated Christmas.

18% said in a religious way, the very light purple part of the pie chart.

And then in the darker purple part, you've got non-religious way and that's 72% of people out of the 2000.

And then we have do not celebrate, and that's 10% of people of the 2000 that were asked.

Have a think.

What do you notice about how Christmas is celebrated in the UK? I think it's interesting to see in a religious way and in a non-religious way how many people celebrate Christmas.

What do you think? Andeep says, "I can see most people celebrate Christmas." Sam says, "The data tells me that only 10% of people do not celebrate Christmas.

90% of people do." And remember that's 90% of the 2000 asked from the UK.

Andeep says, "How do most people celebrate, Sam?" Sam says, "That data tells me that 18% celebrate Christmas in a religious way.

72% celebrate in a non-religious way.

Most people celebrate Christmas in a non-religious way." Let's check our understanding with true or false.

Most people celebrate Christmas in a religious way, in the UK.

True or false? Have a moment to think before I reveal the answer.

That's right, it's false.

Why? Would you like to share your reasons why with me? 72% of people who celebrate Christmas do it in a non-religious way.

Well done if you answered that question correctly.

Let's move on.

Sam and Andeep think about what they have learned so far about who celebrates Christmas.

Andeep says, "So 90% of people celebrate Christmas, but are 90% of people Christian?" Sam says, "I don't know.

I think we need to see if there is any data about worldviews people have?" Hmm.

What do you think? How could we find out this information? Yes.

I'm hearing lots of good answers here.

Here is some data from a survey called a census.

Everyone in England and Wales was asked their religion.

Some people answered, my religion is not Christian, and they were 54% of the population of England and Wales.

And 46% of England and Wales say my religion is Christian.

What do you notice about how many people said they were Christian? Let's take a closer look.

Andeep says, "I can see that not everyone is Christian." Sam says, "The data tells me that 46% of people in England and Wales are Christian.

This is less than half.

The majority have other religious or non-religious worldviews." What percentage of people in England and Wales are Christian? Let's check.

Hmm? 46% of people in England and Wales are Christian according to the census.

Let's compare the two pie charts.

What do you notice? So we have one that has My religion is not Christian, 54%, and My religion is Christian, 46%.

And remember, the other pie chart is about how people celebrate Christmas, and we have 10% don't celebrate, 18% celebrate in a religious way and 72% celebrate in a non-religious way.

Hmm, I wonder what you could say about these two pie charts just from that information alone.

Not everyone in the UK is Christian, but lots of people celebrate Christmas.

This shows that people from different worldviews take part in Christmas traditions in their own way.

Do you celebrate Christmas? And do you do it in a religious or non-religious way? Task A: Sam says, "In the UK, only Christians celebrate Christmas." Why do you think people might believe this? What does the data tell us? Take a moment here to think about this before we share our answers.

Task A feedback time.

Sam says, "In the UK, only Christians celebrate Christmas." Why do you think people might believe this? What does the data say instead? You might have answered like this.

"I don't think it's true.

The data shows that 90% of people in the UK celebrate Christmas and only some of those people are Christian.

Some people celebrate it as a religious holiday, but others just enjoy being with family, giving gifts or having a nice meal.

So even people who aren't Christian still celebrate Christmas in their own way." Well done for answering that question.

Let's carry on.

Cycle two: How do people in the UK celebrate Christmas? Andeep says, "According to data, 90% of people in the UK celebrate Christmas, but they don't all celebrate in the same way." Sam says, "Christmas Day is a national holiday in the UK.

Let's see what kind of things people do to celebrate it." How do you celebrate? Here is some more data.

It asked 2000 people in 2016 what activities they did over Christmas.

So we have activities like put up a tree, time with family, give presents, eat Christmas food, uphold traditions, celebrate birth of Jesus, attend a service.

Hmm, what do you notice? Does anything surprise you? Let's check our understanding with a multiple choice question.

What can data about Christmas celebrations help us understand? A: what Christmas presents people got, B: how different people celebrate Christmas, C: how many Christmas cards are sent, or D: it doesn't show us anything.

Take a moment here before I reveal the answer.

That's right, it's B, how different people celebrate Christmas.

Let's continue.

Andeep says, "From that bar chart, I can see that 63% of Britons give gifts at Christmas, but only 46% of people in England and Wales are Christian." "This shows us that people from many different worldviews celebrate Christmas in their own way, not just Christians." Do you celebrate Christmas? What do you do? Ooh, lots of different ways of celebrating.

I wonder how many gifts each person gives at Christmas In the UK, adults usually buy on average 30 presents for family and friends at Christmas.

Ooh, lucky.

Does that surprise you? Why? Let's check our understanding.

What do 63% of Britains do at Christmas? A: go on holiday, B: give gifts, C: don't celebrate, or D: eat pancakes? That's right, it's B, give gifts at Christmas.

63% of Briton's give gifts at Christmas.

Let's move on.

Sam says, "The data tells us about the kind of Christmas trees people have.

15% have a real tree.

67% have an artificial tree, and 18% don't have a tree at all." Why might someone choose a real tree? Did you know real Christmas trees started becoming popular a long time ago in the Victorian times? Some people in the UK still like having real Christmas trees because they smell nice and they make the house feel really Christmassy.

The trees look pretty and some families enjoy going out to choose one together every year.

It can be a fun family tradition.

Some families even replant their trees after Christmas to use it again the following year.

Why might someone pick an artificial one? Some people prefer to have artificial Christmas trees because they are easy to set up and use every year.

They don't drop needles like real Christmas trees, so they don't make as much mess.

Artificial trees can come in lots of shapes, sizes, and colours.

Some even have lights already on them.

They're a good choice for people who don't want to buy a new Christmas tree every year, but they also make the house feel pretty and Christmassy, just like a real Christmas tree.

True or false? Everyone who celebrates Christmas has a Christmas tree.

True or false? That's right, it's false.

Why? Because 18% don't put up a tree at Christmas time.

Let's carry on.

Task B.

Andeep says, "Bar charts are a great way to see information clearly.

They help us compare what people do or think.

We can make a bar chart by collecting information, counting it, and showing it with bars." Ask your class this question: What do you do at Christmas? Give them some choices to choose from.

Create a bar chart to reflect your results.

Explain what you learned from your data.

Was it similar or different to the national data? Pause the video here and when you are ready for some feedback, press play.

Here is an example of choices you could make and what a bar chart of your results could look like: put up a Christmas tree, give presents, eat Christmas dinner, go to church, something else.

You might have said: "The data tells me that many of the pupils in my class put up a Christmas tree and give presents.

From this data, I can see that not a lot of children in my class go to church, but they celebrate other traditions at Christmas." If you'd like to share some of your ideas, now's the time.

Well done for your learning today.

Let's take a look at our summary together.

Here's the summary from Learning from data about Christmas in the UK.

Social scientists are people who study how worldviews are lived today.

We can better understand Christmas by looking at data about who celebrates Christmas and what they do.

Many people have Christmas trees and follow other Christmas traditions.

The majority of the people in the UK celebrate Christmas.

Many people who are not Christian still celebrate Christmas.

I hope you've enjoyed today's lesson and I hope to see you soon.

Bye for now!.